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Post by MOW on Feb 22, 2008 9:22:47 GMT 9
Just received this e-mail from the Senior Editor of Air & Space/Smithsonian. Her e-mail is PTrenner@si.edu--------------------------------- Mr. McGee, Air & Space/Smithsonian is working on a story about learning to master the Century Series fighters. Do you know of any F-106 pilots/instructors we can interview? Thanks for any help. Best wishes, Pat Patricia Trenner Senior Editor Air & Space/Smithsonian P.O. Box 37012, MRC 513 Capital Gallery, Suite 6001 Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 (202) 633-6062 Fax (202) 633-6085 PTrenner@si.edu
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Post by pat perry on Feb 22, 2008 10:40:10 GMT 9
Just received this e-mail from the Senior Editor of Air & Space/Smithsonian. Her e-mail is PTrenner@si.edu--------------------------------- Mr. McGee, Air & Space/Smithsonian is working on a story about learning to master the Century Series fighters. Do you know of any F-106 pilots/instructors we can interview? Thanks for any help. Best wishes, Pat Patricia Trenner Senior Editor Air & Space/Smithsonian P.O. Box 37012, MRC 513 Capital Gallery, Suite 6001 Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 (202) 633-6062 Fax (202) 633-6085 PTrenner@si.eduHi Patrick, I sent MS. Trenner an email (copied you) with 4 names that are close to her location. I hope some of our forum pilots also respond to this, especially those who have experience in all the Century Series Fighters. Thanks, Pat Perry
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Post by MOW on Feb 22, 2008 11:29:46 GMT 9
Fantastic! I was going to include some names and e-mail addresses when I replied to her but thought it best to post and let you all decide what to do. This would be a great opportunity for all, including our site here as being a catalyst in her endevour. Pat
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Post by Jim on Feb 22, 2008 11:53:19 GMT 9
I just fwded this to 4 SIX drivers- 3 out of the 27thFIS...The Old Sarge
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Post by MOW on Feb 22, 2008 12:01:21 GMT 9
I just fwded this to 4 SIX drivers- 3 out of the 27thFIS...The Old Sarge Fantastic!
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Post by Mark O on Feb 23, 2008 7:05:14 GMT 9
Any word on when they plan to publish the story? I really enjoy their magazine when I can find it.
Looking forward to that one!
Mark
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Post by pat perry on Feb 23, 2008 8:24:42 GMT 9
Any word on when they plan to publish the story? I really enjoy their magazine when I can find it. Looking forward to that one! Mark Hi Mark, Don't know when they'll publish the article but you can get the mag at Barnes & Nobles or go on their web site. Here's a article they ran with contributions from 3 former 456th FIS pilots Ralph Hanna, Guy Sherrill and Fred Williams (Fred was also CO of the 49th at Griffiss and is now a Docent at the Udvar-Hazy Museum at Dulles, VA). The Thin Aluminum LineEnjoy, Pat Perry
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Post by pat perry on Feb 23, 2008 8:53:43 GMT 9
Trivia Question: What was the best-selling model ever, surpassing even AMT’s Star Trek USS Enterprise? Answer: Here in Air & Space MagazinePat Perry
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Post by lindel on Feb 23, 2008 10:13:09 GMT 9
Hmmm...That one never interested me in the least. The SR71 and the 6 were the only jets I ever built, the rest were WWII aircraft.
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Post by Mark O on Feb 23, 2008 12:08:14 GMT 9
Thanks for the link Pat! That's what I like about "Air & Space". Very cool publication and I guess I just don't go to their web site enough. I'm a sit down and read the magazine guy but the web sure is cheaper.
I was struck by this passage in that article however.
Asked whether the Six had been the Ultimate Interceptor, Fred Williams manages a rueful smile. In 1977, his squadron of updated F-106s flew against the newly acquired F-15s being tested at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona.
“We did air-to-air, and that first day we did well,” he says. “But after that first day, those guys figured out how to use their radars. Once they had the picture, it was all over for us.”
The word that caught my eye was "interceptor". Now, for intercepting bombers, what I understand the F-106 was all about, sure, it was the ultimate at the time. For dog-fighting, or what I think when I hear the term air-to-air, well, I agree with Fred Williams. Of course I got most of that information here from you all!
It was a great article none the less!
Thanks!
Mark
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Post by pat perry on Feb 24, 2008 0:45:45 GMT 9
Thanks for the link Pat! That's what I like about "Air & Space". Very cool publication and I guess I just don't go to their web site enough. I'm a sit down and read the magazine guy but the web sure is cheaper. I was struck by this passage in that article however. Asked whether the Six had been the Ultimate Interceptor, Fred Williams manages a rueful smile. In 1977, his squadron of updated F-106s flew against the newly acquired F-15s being tested at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona.
“We did air-to-air, and that first day we did well,” he says. “But after that first day, those guys figured out how to use their radars. Once they had the picture, it was all over for us.” The word that caught my eye was "interceptor". Now, for intercepting bombers, what I understand the F-106 was all about, sure, it was the ultimate at the time. For dog-fighting, or what I think when I hear the term air-to-air, well, I agree with Fred Williams. Of course I got most of that information here from you all! It was a great article none the less! Thanks! Mark Hi Mark, Air & Space is indeed a great magazine and their web site is exceptional. I imagine that "rueful smile" Fred had was experienced by some of those same F-15 pilots when they first flew exercises against the F-22 Raptor. I still think the Six is a lot better looking. I think the long-nosed prototype Six had the 40" radar that the F-15 ultimately had. I may be wrong. Pat Perry
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Post by Durden on Feb 24, 2008 23:33:27 GMT 9
I contacted Dick Stultz and he contacted the editor yesterday.
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Post by sixerviper on Mar 1, 2008 11:55:00 GMT 9
I am retired from the first Air Guard unit to fly the F-22, and when I left we still had F-16s. When one of our Raptor drivers told me what that jet can do, I was flabbergasted. I'm not going to mention specifics here because it could be an assault on OPSEC concerns, but the airplane is a quantum leap over the "teen" fighters.
I remember deploying to Tyndall AFB with the F-16 in 1992-93, and hopping into the cockpit of one of my old Minot Sixes which was sitting on the drone line. When I first sat in a Six back in 1969, it was the bee's knees. When I did it in 1992 or 93 (memory's going here...), I just about fell out of the seat. See, the Six's seat is vertical where the Viper's seat is laid back 30 degrees and I'd gotten used to that. Also, while the Viper had about ten times the capability of the Six, it had about one tenth the gauges and switches. I realized then that I was sitting in an old airplane. What a difference twenty years of technology makes!!
The F-22 is about as far ahead of the F-16 as the F-16 was ahead of the F-106. Be glad it's on our side!!
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