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Post by mcchordf106 on Mar 28, 2020 7:46:27 GMT 9
OK f106 folks, I'm a "newby" to the sight, anyone know of the last official flight of an F-106?
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Post by pat perry on Mar 28, 2020 23:31:21 GMT 9
OK f106 folks, I'm a "newby" to the sight, anyone know of the last official flight of an F-106? mcchordf106: welcome to the hangar. Tell us about yourself. There may be more than one last official flight of an F-106. I always like to think the last official day was when the last F-106 left duty as a Fighter Interceptor. That would probably be captured here on video: www.f-106deltadart.com/piwigo/picture.php?/8845/category/455Other test subject F-106s and target drones had their own last official days at different times. Not sure exactly when the last F-106 took the last flight ever. Check our Airframe Lineage Page and see what you can find. www.f-106deltadart.com/db/acft/acft_list.php?orderby=atailnoThanks, Pat P.
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Post by Jim on Mar 29, 2020 0:09:25 GMT 9
I could be wrong, but, I believe the last Air Defence mission designated F- 106 was when 59-0043 (first assigned to 27th FIS at Loring AFB in 1960)flew to Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson. Its last assignment was with the New Jersey ANG at Atlantic City.....BTW, I painted the tail flash on this one...... The Old Sarge And YES, I know that this picture is technically wrong....
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Post by LBer1568 on Mar 29, 2020 1:08:44 GMT 9
NASA F-106 flights in 1997. Wasn't a real Six as they removed MA-1 and had simple Instruments and Comm/Nav setup. I remember first time a saw a NASA six was a B Model that flew into McGuire and needed support from 539th FIS. Pilot reported TACAN problem so my boss sent me out to check it. Opened the saddle rack behind cockpit and found a Commercial TACAN and UHF setup. I climbed back down and went back to shop. Several of the old-timers got a good laugh when I asked WTF did they do with MA-1. The forward Electronics racks were gone and ballistic weights were bolted in. I called Military Air Transport Service (MATS) Comm shop and they dispatched a tech. I met him at Security entrance and vouched him in. We had given him orientation into MA-1 a few months earlier. He looked at setup and said the MATS Transit Alert folks had replacement components but he had no funding for spares. Our Comm/Nav folks finally got the spare TACAN box and we checked it out. Weirdest Six I ever saw. Control stick was a single column, not the two handled one MA-1 used. No Radar scope etc. Back seat was same. The six was being used to check lightning strikes on fighters. They had a weird cable strap system on top ridge line and bottom side to "collect electricity and prevent big holes from being made. Lorin
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mcchordf106
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Post by mcchordf106 on Apr 1, 2020 7:10:28 GMT 9
Thanks for the reply's, all very noteworthy and correct I believe. Let me introduce myself to the hangar folks, my name is Richard and I served my time at Mc Chord AFB, Jan '63 - Aug. '66, was crew chief on 59-0052. Also worked the swing shift maintenance crew & graveyard pre-flight plus time in the alert stalls. Only had one time on TDY to attend the William Tell shoot off in 1965 I believe, other then that stayed at Mc Chord. I live in Portland Or. so have taken a few trips back to the base to visit, the last time was in Sept. 2019 and one of the docents gave me a personal tour of the old hangar our group worked out of which is now used as the restoration and paint shop. Have also visited the Palm Springs air museum where 57-2509 has been restored & on display which of course I worked on at Mc Chord, too bad the military does a "GUT JOB" on the planes before turning them over to the museum. I also worked on 59-0145 which is on display in Florida, glad to see some of the old birds have been saved. One of the most terrifying experiences I had was in 1965 when an earthquake hit early in the morning. I had been out with the "boys" the night before & wasn't feeling too good, (Huge Head) as I tried to connect the air to the aircraft, my head was up in the dark wheel well, & I thought I was getting sick because everything was moving around , only to drop down & see the front nose gear doing a left to right rocking motion & the view across the flight ramp looked like the ocean with waves. Of course it emptied the pilots ready room & all hangar personnel were outside on the flight line immediately. OK guys, I've rambled on long enough, in closing would like to say I am a member of our local American Legion post# 104 and support all veterans. God Bless
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