Lineage History F-106B 572516

Manufacturer:

Convair

Model:

F-106B

USAF S/N:

572516

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Production Year:

1957

Production C/N No.:

No. Built

340 (277 A, 63 B)

Production Date:

1958-12-01

Delivery Date:

1958-12-28

Ended Service:

1991-05-17

Airframe Hours:

unknown

Units Assigned:

498th,95th

Units Assigned - Test/Eval:

4756,6511,ARDC,Convair,NASA,SM-ALC

History Lineage:

Dec 1958 - 39th F-106 produced by Convair at San Diego CA
18 Feb 59 - To Edwards AFB CA (ARDC) (Test)
18 May 59 - To Convair (For work)
17 Jun 59 - To 95th FIS Andrews AFB MD
23 Feb 60 - To Sacramento Air Material Area (SMAMA) (McClellan AFB CA)
01 Jun 60 - To 498th FIS, 84th FG, Geiger Field WA
04 Jun 60 - To SMAMA (McClellan AFB CA)
03 Mar 63 - To 4756th ADW Tyndall AFB FL
06 May 63 - To SMAMA (McClellan AFB CA)
03 Apr 64 - To General Dynamics, Fort Worth TX (F-111 Test Support, Terrain Following Radar, Stick Grip development and more)
27 Feb 65 - To 6583rd OMS Holloman AFB NM
01 Apr 65 - To General Dynamics, Carswell AFB, Fort Worth TX
22 Dec 65 - To SMAMA (McClellan AFB CA)
07 Apr 66 - To General Dynamics, Carswell AFB, Fort Worth TX
31 Oct 66 - To Lewis Research Center, Cleveland OH (Became NASA 616)
27 Feb 70 - Dropped from USAF inventory (NASA asset)
1966/1979 - Supported U.S. Supersonic Transport Program (From Lewis)
29 Jan 79 - To Langley Research Center, Hampton VA (Became NASA 816)
1979/1986 - Primarily supported lightning strike studies ( More info)
1986/1991 - Test vehicle for Vortex Flap
17 May 91 - Retired and went on display at Virginia Air & Space Center, Hampton VA

AMARC Arrival:

00-00-0000

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:

Pilot Rear:

Accident Report No:

Destroyed:

Written-Off:

Survivor:

Static Display Painted As:

Self

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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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