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This Nov 1963 Interceptor magazine article was about the seat problem discovered during the F-106A 59-0039 crash. Article provided by William Veal, a former pneudraulic technician stationed at Loring when this accident happened. 59-0039 crashed on 8 Oct 1963. Pilot Capt Ray Girard was saved from this crash by H-43B Huskie pilot Joe Connell.