All F106 Troops,
See all comments below. Craig Musser is looking for contacts at Hill AFB Museum. Also thanks to Jim McNab and Jim Sidebottom for their comments below...
Bobski
There is a museum up in Elmira, NY. that has a nice collection maybe they would take it. Any contacts at Hill for me. It would be neat to take it to Griffiss, they had one on a pedestal at the 24th AD but when they started using them for drones they took it down.
Thanks Craig
Craig A. Musser, Manager
Wellsboro/Johnston Airport
112 Runway Road
Wellsboro, PA. 16901 PH: 570-724-3746
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Bobski,
The F-106 Hill AFB is getting rid of is 580774. We had it at Fresno and we flew it in two William Tells, 1980 and 1982.
It went into and survived the drone program. Later, the folks from Hill AFB trucked it from Tucson to Utah and restored it.
Attached are some photos of 774 after the folks at Hill did a great job of restoring it. If somebody were to obtain 774, they would be getting a fine looking airplane!!!
Jim McNab
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In general display aircraft are still owned by the AF and inventoried by the AMARG (desert storage area) on Davis Monthan AFB, AZ. The aircraft might be up for transfer to another eligible entity, but would not be for sale unless declared surplus by the AMARG. Then it would be sold through normal DRMO channels.
My last reserve assignment was as Reserve Assistant to the Director of Aircraft Maintenance at then AMARC; now AMARG.
Jim Sidebottom
Colonel, USAFR, Retired
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Bobski
I already sent the word to the Cavanaugh Flight Museum in the Dallas area,
Ray Janes
usaf197696@hotmail.com
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From: usaf197696@hotmail.com
To: bobski9933@aol.com
Sent: 3/8/2014 1:44:14 P.M. Eastern Standard Time
Subj: RE: Comments - Anyone need an F-106?
I just talked to Mike Hall CEO of the Wings Of Eagles Discovery Center in Horseheads, NY. and I didn't know this before I talked to him but he is an x-106 pilot and the youngest to break mach 2 in it, and would love to have it at there museum. Any more information please get it to me contacts or anything.
Thanks Craig
Craig A. Musser, Manager
Wellsboro/Johnston Airport
112 Runway Road
Wellsboro, PA. 16901
570-724-3746
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From Pat P.
There's a lot of interest in the F-106A at Hill AFB Museum.
You can call the Museum
www.hill.af.mil/library/museum/index.asp and ask for the Director or Curator.
My advice is to call the Museum of the USAF at Dayton and speak first with the Curator
www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/ since they own the aircraft at Hill. They may already have several museums in line for the next available F-106 but they also assess each museums ability to pay for the move and redisplay of the aircraft to their specs.
The 456th FIS alumni payed for the paint job on the Hill Six because it was the only bird left that spent time in the 456th FIS. Castle has the capability to take the bird and haul it but I think their best bet would be to get a FA-18, F-86L (456th flew them) or my personal favorite, a F-106B and I think there are 2 of those left at El Paso.
Anyway, good luck to all on saving this F-106A from AMARC. I'd love to see this bird at Cavanaugh Museum in Dallas but 85% of their birds are flyable and they tend to spend the most money on maintaining them (prop driven).
www.cavanaughflightmuseum.com/ . Would have liked to see it at Tyler, TX air museum but their management staff twice kibashed getting a six when they were on the Museum USAF list to get one and there was one available at AMARC. I'm done with them.
Pat