Aircraft 59-0010 arrived the Aerospace Museum of California (formerly the McClellan Aviation Museum) May 2005 where it was restored and put on display 16 Dec 2006.  It sits in the museums new Hardie Setzer Pavilion.  The restoration team was led by Dick (TAZ) Stultz, USAF (Ret).

F-106A 59-0010 Status Update from Dick Stultz, Tuesday April 26:
The McClellan F-106 Disassembly Team arrived back in town this weekend after a sweet week in the Tucson Sunshine taking apart a future F-106 Delta Dart "star" for the McClellan Museum. Smiles...suntans....sore muscles for some, stomachs for others, stitches in a thumb for another...but the bird is now apart awaiting transport.

Trucking permits have delayed arrival of the fuselage until later next week, estimate soonest as the afternoon of Wednesday May 4th but possibly as late as Friday. Wings to arrive a week later by the same trucker, .

Never did it take ME so long to only fly 900 miles in a '106 but that was when the engine and afterburner would cruise you at 680 mph....with a tailwind I once got an average of 844 mph without going supersonic between San Antonio and Duluth! That 106 could cruise......!

Our staff guys, Jeff "Never Say Quit" Martinez and Bill "Clean-Jeans" Lee were magnificent! They extended a day, enabled by the McComas airline tickets. Those smiling ground pounders really kept at it. Knocking out over 1000 nuts, rivets, and over 25 major bolts as the first wing dropped off with a surprise package of 30 gallons of JP4. Sandy "Lil-Red-Deriveter" Stultz is reinitiating the spirit of Rosey the Riveter by spending a couple of long days on the inside rib area with blankets, pillow and a weird desert doll thrown through a panel opening by the other desert support staff.....pictures to follow. Incidentally, the armament bay doors were opened with high pressure air, to cheers of everyone, except Sandy and Bill who got a quick hydraulic shower in the engine bay.

Larry "Ring Rat" Rengstorf, the guest teacher, leader, lecturer and designated "Lead-Mule" from Santa Rosa, provided energetic motivation and kept everyone interested, however, his HUGE IRON PRYBAR remained wedged under my Bronco seat like the famous Sword in the Stone but I promise, we'll get it back to ya if we can lift it.

Lesson from Terry Shelton, the Restoration Yard Owner: There are three types of Museum aircraft - 25 footers, 10 footers and 5 footers. 25 Footers you restore and put on a pole for people to look at from a distance. 10 footers you let people get up a lot closer but don't get to fully check out, and 5 footers where everyone gets to see up close the details and content of
the bird! Our bird is definitely a 5 Footer! The cockpit is almost fully
equipped. Only a few instruments are missing. There is no major damage to exterior or structural assemblies.

The people at AMARC bent over backwards to provide us the what we had asked for. Recognition to follow. We were even able to follow through with some items needed by our 106 buddies at KISawyer in Michigan who had a few items on their want list (Their aircraft is still there also awaiting transport).....Had a lot of fun
painting new logos on it!!! Just kidding! Recommended the Red Bull drink
company help sponsor their move....to no avail....so maybe a U.S. Based energy company ought to be contacted to pick up the slack and help get them powered HOME TO KI!

Expect a small arrival get together to be announced as soon as we confirm truck permits. With a larger focused celebration TBA.

RAMOS OIL has certainly been instrumental in assisting us with the 3000 Miles we are burning gas and diesel fuel at a time when prices are highest ever. Gas in California along the Colorado was over 3.29 a gallon....was a dollar cheaper in Arizona....perhaps an invasion of Arizona?! Thanks to Dave Pinkney, Keith and Mr Ramos!! Our truck should be arriving with BIG 30 foot signs that announce the WORLDS FASTEST FIGHTER...!

Stay tuned,
Stultz, The former TAZ, RED BULL 11, ENEMY AIR Zero One.