Anyone seen pics of the TSD? (Read 1,328 times)

Welcome aboard Larry - tell us about yourself.

Here's some cockpit instrument pics and a TSD taken during the restoration of the F-106 at Castle Air Museum.

From Erv Smalley's web site:
www.convairf-106deltadart.com/580793CAMrestPage.html

Here's some more:
www.codeonemagazine.com/test/archives/2007/articles/jan_07/cockpits/cockpits.html
Scroll down and click on F-106

I don't recall seeing any pics of the cockpit or TSD in a power-on condition anywhere on the Internet. Maybe some of the other forum members have.

Thanks,
Pat P.
456th FIS

Thanks for the info Larry. Site webmaster Pat McGee doesn't have a FAQ but if you use the search feature on this forum and the one on Pat's home page
www.f-106deltadart.com/home.htm
you can find most anything you want.

On the home page, look on the left side and see a lot of topics. Two that will interest you are F-106 cockpit and F-106 scope intercept.

Also see Erv Smalley's sites at
www.f-106deltadart.com/home.htm
for more information.

I've spent the last 7 years looking at all these sites and have yet to visit every single page. But, I'm work'in on it!

Members of this forum have contributed a lot of time and money over the years to save a number of F-106s from the scrap heap at AMARC (the boneyard). The F-106 had fewer production units than the rest of the century series aircraft but probably has a higher percentage of museum displays.

It still amazes me that a new F-106 back in the day cost $3.5M and a F-22 Raptor today costs over $100M. Wonder what the Six would do and look like if we had today's technology and bucks back then?

Thanks,
Pat P.
456th FIS (visit www.456fis.org )

Thanks for the info Larry. Site webmaster Pat McGee doesn't have a FAQ but if you use the search feature on this forum and the one on Pat's home page
www.f-106deltadart.com/home.htm
you can find most anything you want.

On the home page, look on the left side and see a lot of topics. Two that will interest you are F-106 cockpit and F-106 scope intercept.

Also see Erv Smalley's sites at
www.f-106deltadart.com/home.htm
for more information.

I've spent the last 7 years looking at all these sites and have yet to visit every single page. But, I'm work'in on it!

Members of this forum have contributed a lot of time and money over the years to save a number of F-106s from the scrap heap at AMARC (the boneyard). The F-106 had fewer production units than the rest of the century series aircraft but probably has a higher percentage of museum displays.

It still amazes me that a new F-106 back in the day cost $3.5M and a F-22 Raptor today costs over $100M. Wonder what the Six would do and look like if we had today's technology and bucks back then?


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With today's technology....probably like the F-22 and cost $100 million a copy.

There were plans for advanced version of the F-106. One of these versions would have added more advanced intakes with "nodding" hoods that would function similarly to the F-15s intakes. A version of the J58 powerplant from the YF-12, or f the J93 from XB70A would have powered it and provided, according to GD (who had acquired Convair) something close to Mach 3 performance. In addition, forward canards were considered, as well as a more advanced radar and other avioinics upgrades. These upgrade programs were known variably as the F-106C/D and the F-106X. McNamara used these proposed upgrades to the F-106 to cancel the YF-12A program, and then in turn canceled the F-106 upgrades. One of the myriad reasons I have such a low, low opinion of that spineless megalomaniac.