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Video: F-106 Tethered to C-141 Takeoff & In-flight Footage
In 1997 and 1998 the Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California, supported and hosted a Kelly Space & Technology, Inc. project "Eclipse," which sought to demonstrate the feasibility of a reusable tow-launch vehicle concept. (youtu.be) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
If memory serves, the placard at Wright Pattern AFM Hanger 3 states that the F-106 pilot got in an inverted spin which he could not recover from and punched out in a snowstorm. He landed safely and walk to a farmers house. Plane recovered and flew quite some distance trimmed for a slow, gentle descent. Landed in deep snow in a huge, flat corn field many miles away. As stated, the engine ran for quite a while until fuel exhaustion. There is a great set of pictures with the static aircraft display that shows the tracks left in the snow and the bird resting on the fuselage in the farmers field.
Yes, that is true. It slid to a stop on snow in a farmers field, engine ran until it was out of fuel. Only damage was the leading edge of a wing which hit a fence post. BUT, it cost big bucks to recover. Had to build a road across a muddy field so a heavy duty crane could hoist it so a sling could be placed under it. A crane helicopter lifted it and carried it to a low boy 18 wheeler. It flew again and was on alert in my detachment at Charleston AFB. I told the story to some visiting ROTC cadets and they looked at me like I was confirming advice they had be given, 'never believe a fighter pilot's war stories.'
I have about 2000 hours, 1965 to 1983 in the "6". The J-75 engine was almost indestructible. After a mission crew chief asked me to look a the leading compressor blade. There was in imprint of a .5"x1.5" bolt in the blade and no debris. Engine ran fine never felt or saw any anomalies. But working the radar at night at low altitude was kinda hair raising. No ground avoidance radar and nothing to tell how far above the ground you were. You trusted the GCI controllers. They never let me down. Thanks guys. Too bad most where chopped up or put on pedestals somewhere. Check in front of the Spruce Goose Hangar in McMinnville, OR.
The museum at Wright Patt has one that was recovered from a farm field. The pilot got it into either a deep stall or spin and punched. The plane recovered and glided at idle power into a snow covered field.
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