Lineage History F-106A 560455

Manufacturer:

Convair

Model:

F-106A

USAF S/N:

560455

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Production Year:

1956

Production C/N No.:

No. Built

340 (277 A, 63 B)

Production Date:

1957-11-01

Delivery Date:

1958-01-21

Ended Service:

1967-05-16

Airframe Hours:

unknown

Units Assigned - Test/Eval:

4750,AFFTC,Convair,NASA

History Lineage:

Nov 1957 - 4th F-106 produced by Convair at San Diego CA (Retained by the manufacturer)
21 Jan 58 - Delivered to the USAF
30 Nov 58 - To Edwards AFB CA
30 Jul 59 - To NF-106A
15 Apr 60 - To Convair, San Diego CA
01 Jul 60 - To Edwards AFB CA
16 Jan 61 - To 4750th Test Squadron, Holloman AFB NM weapons testing (ARDC)
30 Sep 63 - To Aeronautical Systems Center (AFSC) Wright-Patterson AFB OH
19 May 67 - Crashed, Major George Williamson Goodwin III, 33, Fairborn, killed in crash., no ejection.

According to Jake Schaaf it crashed into a wheat field about a half mile or so north of Frankfort Ohio near Chillicotehe, Ohio on 19 May, 1967. Total Loss of plane & pilot Maj. George Williamson Goodwin III. It had departed from WPAFB. "I grew up in Frankfort, Ohio. Seven years old at the time, we were in school, out for recess when the crash happened; hearing the explosion/seeing smoke. My mother happened to be outside our house as the plane passed over, stating how low & loud it was." Jake Schaff (26 Sep 2016)

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:

Maj George W. Goodwin III

Pilot Rear:

Accident Report No:

670519001

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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