Lineage History F-106A 570229

Manufacturer:

Convair

Model:

F-106A

USAF S/N:

570229

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Production Year:

1957

Production C/N No.:

No. Built

340 (277 A, 63 B)

Production Date:

1958-06-01

Delivery Date:

1958-12-28

Ended Service:

1959-04-08

Airframe Hours:

unknown

Units Assigned - Test/Eval:

AFFTC,ARDC

History Lineage:

June 1958 - 19th F-106 produced by Convair at San Diego CA
01 Aug 58 - To AF Flight Test Center (AFFTC), Air Research & Development Command (ARDC), Edwards AFB CA
08 Apr 59 - Crashed - Exploded in the air near Indian Springs, NV, during a test run preparatory to the World Congress of Flight. Pilot Capt. Halvor "Hal" Ekeron ejected, but was killed.

Halvor "Hal" Ekeron - After graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1951, Hal entered the Air Force, serving 2 1/2 years at Komaki AFB in Japan, then transferring to Edwards Air Force Base as a test pilot. He was selected as one of the original astronauts just before his death on April 18, 1959. His Convair F-106A jet fighter exploded in the air near Indian Springs, NV, during a test run preparatory to the World Congress of Flight. He was married and had three children. Hal is buried in Arlington National Cemetery near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Details and photo from Hal's widow.

May 12, 1959

It was following this crash that led to a new ejection seat design. It was this day Convair announced it has been awarded a $1,500,000 Air Force contract for incorporation of the new ejection system in its F-106.

AMARC Storage PCN ID No.:

QF Drone Conversion:

QF Drone ID No.:

QF Drone Shotdown:

Shotdown By:

QF Drone Lost on Nullo No.:

Deployed to Osan AB Korea:

B-1B Chase Plane:

Crash

Crew Ejected:

Crew Survived:

Crew Killed:

Pilot Front / Pilot Rear:

Capt Halvor M. Ekeren

Pilot Rear:

Accident Report No:

590408001

Destroyed:

Written-Off:

Survivor:

Static Display Painted As:

Instruments - TAC Conventional:

TAC Conventional: Models produced with Tactical 'Round Eye' instruments.

Instruments - Conventional:

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

Instruments - TEST-to-TACTICAL:

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..

Instruments - Vertical, 1st Produced:

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

Instruments - Tactical Vertical:

Last Update:

31-05-2021

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