Lineage History F-106A 590087

Manufacturer:

Convair

Model:

F-106A

USAF S/N:

590087

Production Year:

1959

Production C/N No.:

264

No. Built

340 (277 A, 63 B)

Production Date:

1960-06-01

Delivery Date:

1960-07-01

Ended Service:

1961-10-11

Airframe Hours:

unknown

Units Assigned:

11th

History Lineage:

Jun 1960 - 264th F-106 produced by Convair at San Diego CA
18 Jul 60 - To 11th FIS, 343rd FG, Duluth MAP MN
11 Sep 61 - Crashed at Minot AFB ND. Lt Win E. DePorter ejected, survived.

From Ken Holston submitted April 20, 2022: Fuel control failure cooked the turbine and caused engine failure; "all fire, no thrust".

Win DePoorter was the first to use, and first to survive, an ejection in the Rotational B seat, although he recalls that the seat still experienced some minor malfunction. Several subsequent pilots were not so fortunate, and the seat was eventually removed from the fleet.

Win volunteered for two combat tours (plus a third as an RTU IP) in the A-1 Skyraider and went on to amass what is believed to be the most attack sorties flown in SEA (657). He retired as an O-6 in 1985.

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

Accident Location:

Minot ND

Crew Ejected:

Crew Survived:

Crew Killed:

Pilot Front / Pilot Rear:

Lt Win E. DePoorter

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:

20-04-2022

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