Forum: Military Aircraft of the Cold War

Just a few shots here of an F-106 now on display. Background is pretty cluttered so sorry about that. Surprised

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Great pics Very Happy

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I think I've got a couple of shots of the F-106 at March ARB - I'll double check and post when I get home Wink

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BEAUTIFUL !! I love that generation fighter. Crazy Pilot

Thanx elp

My two flights in a family model were a couple of the most enjoyable sorties I ever had. That machine was a sweet ride!

I have aerials on all the outdoor F-106s on google earth, but none from the ground.

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Looks like I missed the F-106 at the March Field Air Museum - at least I think they have one... Embarassed

My first jet was the F-106. Beautiful, fast, sexy, and a royal pain in the a$$ to work on. Must be a Convair/GD trait, eh??

There exists a website devoted to the Six, http://www.f-106deltadart.com , that gives a really good account of the jet and all of the static displays. From the pics in this thread, the Six looks like it's 59-0023, painted up in 48th FIS (Langley AFB) colors . Anybody know for sure? The reason I ask is that the real 59-0023 is on static display at Dover AFB DE, and its paint job don't look nuttin' like that.

There's gotta be more than a few Viper guys who were also Sixers. I'd love to see their tales in here.

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How fast can the six go? I heard it's capable of going much more than the 1524 mph record run because it was still accelerating as it was leaving the course.

The AMI mach tape went up to 2.8. I saw a Minot jet come back one time in 1972 with the paint burned off the leading edges of the wings and tail.

SixerViper, thankx a bunch for the link! Can U recommend other good references for the Six? Books I mean. I got a couple by Bert Kedzie ( I'm one of those "glue-sniffers" you've probably heard about) and the Squadron/Signal book but that's it for now. Luckily, the local Wally-World sells the nice 1/48 Revell-Monogram kits for like $12 ( I've picked up several!)!!

Lodni-- Just about every book ever published on the Six is listed on the Pat's World site. If there are any other "Six" books, I'm not aware of them. Wish I could help more. I remember making more than a few models of the Six back in the day. Haven't built a model in YEARS! I remember building a model of a Deuce (F-102) when I was a kid--you closed the canopy and the gear retracted. Open it, and the gear extended. Cool model!