Convair F-106A Delta Dart - AMC, McClellan, CA - Static Aircraft Displays on Waymarking.com

The single seat, single engine, delta wing, Mach 2 F-106 Delta Dart fighter-interceptor was the cornerstone of the strategic air defense of the United States from 1959 thru 1987. Designed to intercept and destroy the Soviet bomber threat in the Cold War, the Delta Dart carried sophisticated radar and infrared missiles, including a nuclear tipped rocket to defeat attacking fleets of bombers. Later a six-barrel 20mm Gatling-type machine gun replaced the rocket as the F-106 deployed worldwide to counter even threats from fighters.

Equipped as an all-weather, day or night fighter, the Dart used encrypted data link and a computer-controlled radar fire control system to find, track, lock-on and destroy an adversary aircraft, regardless of electronic counter-counter measures, jamming or decoy processes. The F-106 was considered the most challenging of fighters to fly due to its heavy cockpit workload.

Today, the F-106 still holds the record as the Fastest Single Engine Fighter in the World, having achieved over 1,525 mph. The Delta Dart could snap climb to over 65,000 feet. Internal armament and special supersonic tanks allowed the F-106 to achieve a combat radius of over 700 miles without refueling; one once flew 2075 miles non-stopped. Its unique coke bottle shape and delta wing design proved the F-106 to be highly maneuverable and it was used in the adversary role against the Navy Top Gun School and as simulated enemy forces at Red Flag Exercises.

Painted in its original assigned colors of the 5th Fighter Squadron, aircraft 59-0010 survived a mid-air collision where it lost the first 14 feet of its nose. Its last assignment was to be towed by a C-141 to test the feasibility to launch satellites from its internal bay into space. The Sacramento Air Logistics Center was the assigned repair depot for the F-106 and processed virtually all F-106s from 1959 thru 1985. Volunteers from the Aerospace Museum of California restored this aircraft in 2005/6.

Specifications:
Crew: 1
Power Plant: 1× 16,100 lbf Pratt 7 Whitney J75-P-17 turbojet engine 24,500 lbf w/afterburner
Dimensions:
- Span: 38' 4"
- Length: 70' 9"
- Height: 20' 4"
Weight:
- Empty: 24,861 lb
- Maximum: 41,831 lb
Performance:
- Speed:
- - Max: 1,525 mph @ 40,000 ft
- - Cruise: 615 mph
- Range: 735 miles
- Ceiling: 56,000 ft
- Climb: 29,000 fpm
Armament:
- Guns: 1× 20mm M61 Vulcan 6-barreled gatling cannon
- Internal:
- External:
- - 2× AIM-4F Falcon
- - 2× AIM-4G Falcon
- - 1× AIR-2A Genie nuclear rocket/AIM-26 Super Falcon missile, a capability replaced since 1972 with a gun pod

Source: aircraft placard
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Type of Aircraft: (make/model): Convair F-106A Delta Dart Tail Number: (S/N): s/n 59-0010 Construction:: original aircraft Location (park, airport, museum, etc.): Located at Aerospace Museum of California, McClellan, CA inside / outside: outside Other Information:: Aerospace Museum of California 3200 Freedom Park Drive McClellan, CA 95652 Phone: 916.643.3192 Tuesday-Saturday 9:00am to 5:00pm Sunday 10:00am to 5:00pm excluding Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Day and Easter Sunday. $8.00 Adults $6.00 Senior (65+) $6.00 Youth/Student (13-17) $5.00 Child (6-12) Free Active Military w/ID Free Child 5 & under Free Museum Members Access restrictions: None

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