F-106A 57-2459 QF-106 AD103 nicknamed by some maintainers as "Ghost" flying over the desert of White Sands Missile Range, Holloman AFB, NM in the early 1990's.
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Jeff Coon - Friday 31 August 2012 18:20
The QF-106 was the aircraft used to develop Auto-takeoff first then later Auto-Landing. Basically the Holloman crew started the aircraft, ran the systems check to verify status and then the take-off, mission, and return to area was flown from the basement of building 300 (?) at White Sands Missile Range Post about 40 miles to the south. Auto-land had its problems for a while before it was successfull. Now all missions are flown from WSMR Post and the "local" crews still do the start up, systems check, and shut downs with the occassional mission still flown "from the van" to keep the Holloman controllers proficient in the event of a failure at WSMR.
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Jeff Coon - Friday 31 August 2012 18:20
The QF-106 was the aircraft used to develop Auto-takeoff first then later Auto-Landing. Basically the Holloman crew started the aircraft, ran the systems check to verify status and then the take-off, mission, and return to area was flown from the basement of building 300 (?) at White Sands Missile Range Post about 40 miles to the south. Auto-land had its problems for a while before it was successfull. Now all missions are flown from WSMR Post and the "local" crews still do the start up, systems check, and shut downs with the occassional mission still flown "from the van" to keep the Holloman controllers proficient in the event of a failure at WSMR.
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Jeff Coon - Friday 31 August 2012 18:20
The QF-106 was the aircraft used to develop Auto-takeoff first then later Auto-Landing. Basically the Holloman crew started the aircraft, ran the systems check to verify status and then the take-off, mission, and return to area was flown from the basement of building 300 (?) at White Sands Missile Range Post about 40 miles to the south. Auto-land had its problems for a while before it was successfull. Now all missions are flown from WSMR Post and the "local" crews still do the start up, systems check, and shut downs with the occassional mission still flown "from the van" to keep the Holloman controllers proficient in the event of a failure at WSMR.
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Jeff Coon - Friday 31 August 2012 18:20
The QF-106 was the aircraft used to develop Auto-takeoff first then later Auto-Landing. Basically the Holloman crew started the aircraft, ran the systems check to verify status and then the take-off, mission, and return to area was flown from the basement of building 300 (?) at White Sands Missile Range Post about 40 miles to the south. Auto-land had its problems for a while before it was successfull. Now all missions are flown from WSMR Post and the "local" crews still do the start up, systems check, and shut downs with the occassional mission still flown "from the van" to keep the Holloman controllers proficient in the event of a failure at WSMR.
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Jeff Coon - Friday 31 August 2012 18:20
The QF-106 was the aircraft used to develop Auto-takeoff first then later Auto-Landing. Basically the Holloman crew started the aircraft, ran the systems check to verify status and then the take-off, mission, and return to area was flown from the basement of building 300 (?) at White Sands Missile Range Post about 40 miles to the south. Auto-land had its problems for a while before it was successfull. Now all missions are flown from WSMR Post and the "local" crews still do the start up, systems check, and shut downs with the occassional mission still flown "from the van" to keep the Holloman controllers proficient in the event of a failure at WSMR.
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Jeff Coon - Friday 31 August 2012 18:20
The QF-106 was the aircraft used to develop Auto-takeoff first then later Auto-Landing. Basically the Holloman crew started the aircraft, ran the systems check to verify status and then the take-off, mission, and return to area was flown from the basement of building 300 (?) at White Sands Missile Range Post about 40 miles to the south. Auto-land had its problems for a while before it was successfull. Now all missions are flown from WSMR Post and the "local" crews still do the start up, systems check, and shut downs with the occassional mission still flown "from the van" to keep the Holloman controllers proficient in the event of a failure at WSMR.
/home1/patsworl/public_html/f-106deltadart/piwigo/_data/templates_c/thq53k^86c4ac9971ff1e1d1928148862345e11365988f1_0.file.comment_list.tpl.php on line 92

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Jeff Coon - Friday 31 August 2012 18:20
The QF-106 was the aircraft used to develop Auto-takeoff first then later Auto-Landing. Basically the Holloman crew started the aircraft, ran the systems check to verify status and then the take-off, mission, and return to area was flown from the basement of building 300 (?) at White Sands Missile Range Post about 40 miles to the south. Auto-land had its problems for a while before it was successfull. Now all missions are flown from WSMR Post and the "local" crews still do the start up, systems check, and shut downs with the occassional mission still flown "from the van" to keep the Holloman controllers proficient in the event of a failure at WSMR.
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Jeff Coon - Friday 31 August 2012 18:20
The QF-106 was the aircraft used to develop Auto-takeoff first then later Auto-Landing. Basically the Holloman crew started the aircraft, ran the systems check to verify status and then the take-off, mission, and return to area was flown from the basement of building 300 (?) at White Sands Missile Range Post about 40 miles to the south. Auto-land had its problems for a while before it was successfull. Now all missions are flown from WSMR Post and the "local" crews still do the start up, systems check, and shut downs with the occassional mission still flown "from the van" to keep the Holloman controllers proficient in the event of a failure at WSMR.
/home1/patsworl/public_html/f-106deltadart/piwigo/_data/templates_c/thq53k^86c4ac9971ff1e1d1928148862345e11365988f1_0.file.comment_list.tpl.php on line 92

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Jeff Coon - Friday 31 August 2012 18:20
The QF-106 was the aircraft used to develop Auto-takeoff first then later Auto-Landing. Basically the Holloman crew started the aircraft, ran the systems check to verify status and then the take-off, mission, and return to area was flown from the basement of building 300 (?) at White Sands Missile Range Post about 40 miles to the south. Auto-land had its problems for a while before it was successfull. Now all missions are flown from WSMR Post and the "local" crews still do the start up, systems check, and shut downs with the occassional mission still flown "from the van" to keep the Holloman controllers proficient in the event of a failure at WSMR.