Lineage History F-106A 560462

Manufacturer:

Convair

Model:

F-106A

USAF S/N:

560462

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Production Year:

1956

Production C/N No.:

No. Built

340 (277 A, 63 B)

Production Date:

1958-03-01

Delivery Date:

1961-03-02

Ended Service:

1975-06-06

Airframe Hours:

unknown

Units Assigned:

318th,48th

Units Assigned - Test/Eval:

AFFTC,Convair

History Lineage:

Mar 1958 - 10th F-106 produced by Convair at San Diego CA To AFFTC Edwards AFB CA as a test bird
Jan 1961 - Upgraded from TEST-TO-TACTICAL (1st of 35 A/C)
02 Mar 61 - To 48th FIS Langley AFB VA
30 Aug 68 - To 318th FIS McChord AFB WA
23 Dec 68 - To 48th FIS Langley AFB VA
06 Jun 75 - Crashed into the Gulf of Mexico while TDY to the 2 FITS of ADWC at Tyndall AFB while flying a unique high-altitude flight requiring the pilot to wear a protective flight suit. Experienced engine failure during a morning flight, which led to a historical moment for the Air Force with the pilot Capt Stephen Damer being the first high altitude ejection in USAF history. He survived. Capt Damer was an instructor pilot with the 2nd Fighter Interceptor Training Squadron at Tyndall AFB. He came out to the jet escorted by two airmen and carrying a portable a/c unit. The crew chief had B1 stands on either side of the cockpit.

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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:

Capt Stephen Damer

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:

31-05-2021

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