{"id":896,"date":"2019-12-03T23:23:25","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T23:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pimaair.wpengine.com\/?post_type=museum_aircraft&#038;p=896"},"modified":"2022-10-19T16:13:02","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T23:13:02","slug":"convair-f-106a","status":"publish","type":"museum_aircraft","link":"https:\/\/pimaair.org\/museum-aircraft\/convair-f-106a\/","title":{"rendered":"Convair F-106A"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Convair F-106A Delta Dart<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Convair-F-106A.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/F-106-on-display.jpg\" alt=\"A picture of the Convair F-106A Delta Dart\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Development of the Delta Dart began in 1955 as the F-102B.\u00a0 Originally seen as an upgrade to the earlier design the number of changes soon grew so large that the new designation F-106 was assigned to the aircraft.\u00a0 Changes included a virtually new fuselage, that was both wider and longer, a new engine, redesigned tail and rudder, and relocated engine intakes.\u00a0 The first Delta Dart flew in December 1956 and the first aircraft entered service in 1959.\u00a0 The Delta Dart\u2019s guidance and fire control system could fly the aircraft in all phases of a mission except take-off and landing.\u00a0 Essentially the pilot could take-off, and then let the computers fly the plane to the proper interception point where it would fire the planes missiles at the target and then return to base where the pilot would take over and land the plane.\u00a0 A total of 277 single seat and 63 two-seat F-106s were built. \u00a0The F-106 flew its last mission for the Air National Guard in 1988.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Wingspan<\/td>\n<td>38 ft 3 in.<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\">Wingspan<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Length<\/td>\n<td>70 ft 9 in.<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Length<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Height<\/td>\n<td>20 ft 3 in.<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Height<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Weight<\/td>\n<td>39,195 lbs (loaded)<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Weight<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Max. 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