Lineage History F-106A 560451

Manufacturer:

Convair

Convair Model:

F-106A

USAF S/N:

560451

Photos:

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Production Year:

1956

Production C/N No.:

No. Built

340 (277 A, 63 B)

Production Date:

1956-12-01

Delivery Date:

n/a

Ended Service:

1960-03-23

Airframe Hours:

unknown

Units Assigned - Test/Eval:

AFFTC,Convair

History Lineage:

xx Dec 56 - 1st F-106 produced by Convair at San Diego CA. It actually carried the YF-106 moniker as it was specifically (by contract) to be the one and only prototype from Convair. 56-0452 and 453 were also test and eval birds, but not prototypes. And all three were technically F-102B models while wearing the 'FC' Buzz Code letters on the fuselage (even though photos show 'CONVAIR F-106' stenciled on the nose. The F-106 Buzz Code became the familiar 'FE'.

14 Dec 56 - Trucked from Convair to AFFTC Edwards AFB CA

22 Dec 56 - Taxi tests started

26 Dec 56 - First flight (Air abort, air turbine motor frequency fluctuations, speed boards opened & wouldn't close. 20 minute flight, 30K & 0.8M). The first flight was made by Convair test pilot Richard L. Johnson.

23 Mar 60 - Retired to the USAF Museum at Wright Patterson AFB OH (Painted in at least four versions before being moved to the Selfridge Museum

07 Apr 89 - Moved to Selfridge AFB MI for static display

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:

Crashed

Crew Ejected:

Crew Survived:

Crew Killed:

Pilot Front / Pilot Rear:

Pilot Rear:

Destroyed:

Written-Off:

Survivor:

Static Display Painted As:

590082

Display ACFT Photos:

Photos of this ACFT On-Display CLICK HERE...

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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