F-106 DELTA DART

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Lineage History F-106B 590164

Convair
F-106B
590164
1959
330
340 (277 A, 63 B)
1960-10-01
1960-11-01
1984-04-04
unknown
329th
ADWC
4756th
Oct 1960 - 330th F-106 produced by Convair at San Diego CA
31 Jan 61 - To 329th FIS George AFB CA
06 Aug 62 - To 4756th Air Def Gp Tyndall AFB FL
23 Nov 62 - To 4756th Air Def Wg Tyndall AFB FL
02 Nov 67 - To ADWC Tyndall AFB FL
04 Apr 84 - To Davis Monthan AFB AZ for storage - AAFN0050
21 Jan 04 - Nose section donated to Southern Utah Air Museum (Washington UT) for cockpit restoration & display
03 Nov 06 - Cockpit sold (never restored or displayed in UT) and now in Tucson AZ with plans to restore the cockpit and then move to the New York City area as a traveling display for children's hospitals.
29 Aug 11 - Still in Tucson and again for sale on E-Bay for $25,000.
07 Feb 12 - Cockpit was sold on Ebay to Dave Peltz's group to be built as a cockpit display.
15 Mar 12 - Successfully moved from Tucson AZ to Timmerman Airport, Milwaukee WI where the cockpit will be restored into a mobile workable display with operational missile bay doors, rails etc.
04-04-1984
AAFN0050
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TAC Conventional: Models produced with Tactical 'Round Eye' instruments.


Conventional: Models were originally committed as TEST or BAILMENT aircraft..


TEST-to-TACTICAL: Models returned to Convair and upgraded from TAC Conventional to Vertical
instruments in 1961. Fuselage cut in half at station 412 (Aft bulkhead missile bay) and a new fuselage, cockpit section,
and nose section was installed with the latest production avionics, the same as the last F-106A 590148 and F-106B 590165.
A total of 35 aircraft (28 "A" models and 7 "B" models) were converted and reassigned to various ADC units..


Vertical, 1st Produced: First 'A' and 'B' models produced with vertical instruments.
Tactical Vertical: Models factory produced w/Tactical Vertical instruments: late 1957 and all 1958, 1959..


F-106 Specifications
Role/Function  Fighter-Interceptor
Manufacturer  Convair Division of General Dynamics
Country  United States
Crew  'A' Model 1, 'B' Model 2
Power plant  Pratt & Whitney J-75-P-17 Turbojet
Thrust  24,500 lbs. in Afterburner
Max Speed  1,525 mph (Mach 2.31) @ 40,000 ft
Service Ceiling  53,000 ft
Wing Span  38 ft. 3½ in. 
Length  70 ft 8.78in
Height  20 ft 3.3in
Weight  23,646 lb. empty, 41,831 lb max
Cost USD  $3,305,435 Initial, $4.7M after MODS
Range  2,700 mi. max fuel w/ext tanks
No. Built  340 (277 'A', 63 'B') 
Armament  AIR-2A (1) AIM-4 (4) M61A1 (1) 
Fire Control System  Hughes MA-1 / IBM Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) System
Ejection Seats  
1st Seat  Weber Aircraft Corporation Interim seat, not Zero-Zero, inadequate for supersonic speed ejections. 
2nd Seat  Convair/ICESC (Industry Crew Escape System Committee) Supersonic Rotational B-seat, called the supersonic 'Bobsled'. 
3rd Seat Final  Weber Aircraft Corporation Zero-Zero ROCAT (Rocket Catapult), Zero-Zero, High-altitude supersonic ejections, retro-fitted to all aircraft. 
Mfr. Model #  MK No. 8-24
31-05-2021