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 |
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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 |
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