Lineage History F-106B 572507

Manufacturer:

Convair

Model:

F-106B

USAF S/N:

572507

Production Year:

1957

Production C/N No.:

No. Built

340 (277 A, 63 B)

Production Date:

1958-04-01

Delivery Date:

1958-04-28

Ended Service:

1984-02-24

Airframe Hours:

unknown

Units Assigned - Test/Eval:

AFFTC,NASA

History Lineage:

Apr 1958 - 13th F-106 produced by Convair at San Diego CA. Sent to AFFTC Edwards AFB CA - was never assigned to ADC. Was heavily damaged during a taxi test to gather information for a nose shimmy. During the test the left main tire blew and caused a brake fire. The aircraft slid off the runway onto the lake bed. Was sent to San Diego for repairs.

Jun 1961 - Scheduled for Test-To-Tactical (35th of 35 conversions), but upgrade cancelled with 57-2515 substituted in.

Jun 1961 – Assigned to NASA Lewis Research Center Lewis Field Cleveland OH. Registered as NASA 607, N507NA, but was canceled and re-designated NF-106B. Was used for ejection seat testing & NASA projects, at NASA Lewis Facility, Cleveland OH as NASA S/N 607.

1973 - Used as a NASA Chase Plane. Did final qualification tests for Gemini spacesuit and spacecraft escape system.

1974 (est) - Used for Solar Cell Calibration tasks and later Upper Atmosphere Particulate Air Sampling tests.

1976-1979 (est) - Used for Ocean Color Scanner System tests.

12 May 81 - To NASA Langley Facility VA. Cut in half lengthwise so the left hand could be mounted in a wind tunnel to test the vortex flap used on NASA 816 (57-2516).

24 Feb 84 - Scrapped out

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:

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:

12-08-2021

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