525.jpg 590149 Deer KillThumbnails590149 Speed Record Article 1983590149 Deer KillThumbnails590149 Speed Record Article 1983590149 Deer KillThumbnails590149 Speed Record Article 1983590149 Deer KillThumbnails590149 Speed Record Article 1983590149 Deer KillThumbnails590149 Speed Record Article 1983
F-106B 59-0149 of the 119th FIS Atlantic City NJ. 59-0149 set a Speed Record on 17 Dec 1983.

Article written by F-106 pilot Duane W. Deal that appeared in the June 1984 issue of WINGS Magazine:

A new world speed record over a closed course was set by a N.J. ANG fighter-interceptor plane on 17 Dec 1983. The plane, an F-106B Delta Dart [59-0149] from the 117th [Fighter Interceptor Group, 119th Fighter Interceptor Squadron] Atlantic City, N.J., ANG base averaged approximately 710 mph between Dayton, Ohio, the Wright Patterson AFB, and Kitty Hawk, N.C. The distance of 461 nautical miles was flown in 44 min/ 45 sec. Piloting the aircraft were Maj. Maurice C. “Moe” Eldridge of Oceanview, N.J., and 1st Lt. Jeffrey Thomas of Absecon, N.J. The flight was undertaken in commemoration of the 200th Anniversary of man’s first ascension by the Montgolfier Brothers of France in a hot air balloon and also commemorated the first flight of the Wright Brothers nearly 80 years ago in Kitty Hawk, N.C. The F-106B was chosen to break the existing record of 610 mph because of its unique flight characteristics. It is exceptionally stable at speeds near Mach 1, and because of EPA regulations, the F-106s may not break the sound barrier over the U.S., hence the necessity of setting the speed record as close to the speed of sound as possible. There was, however, an unofficial addition to the aircraft on this record breaking flight. On the F-106’s forward fuselage is a deer “kill marking” [inset], which represents a deer struck and killed by the jet at its home base at Atlantic City, where deer on the runway abound. The kill marking which lists the date of the strike [18 Sept. 1980] also gives the name of the pilot who flew it. [Dave A. Brown Photos]
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