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Lineage History F-106A 590107

Convair
F-106A
590107
1959
288
340 (277 A, 63 B)
1960-07-01
1960-08-01
1963-01-02
unknown
329th
Jul 1960 - 288th F-106 produced by Convair at San Diego CA
08 Aug 60 - To 329th FIS George AFB, Victorville CA
02 Jan 63 - Crashed during a training mission. Engine failure at high altitude. Flew to the coast off Malibu to avoid populated area of Los Angeles below. Major Keith D. Chrietzberg ejected
at 1000 feet into water off Malibu and survived.

January 3, 1963
Santa Cruz Sentinel from Santa Cruz, California
Maj. Keith D. Chrietzberg stayed at the controls, stretched his glide as far as possible, and headed for the sea, 20 miles away. He crossed the coastline at Malibu only 1000 feet up, fired his ejection seat, and parachuted to the sea as his plane crashed offshore. He was picked up uninjured by a fishing boat minutes later. An Air Force spokesman praised Chrietzberg's heroism in staying with his plane. The major was on a training mission from George Air Force Base, Victorville, when the incident occurred.
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TAC Conventional: Models produced with Tactical 'Round Eye' instruments.


Conventional: Models were originally committed as TEST or BAILMENT aircraft..


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..


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
31-05-2021