Built by the now-defunct Convair Division of General Dynamics, the F-106 Delta Dart made her maiden flight on December 26, 1956, and was officially introduced into U.S. Air Force service in June 1959.
On this day in aviation history, January 14, 1953, the Convair F2Y Sea Dart took off from San Diego Bay on its first flight.
The F-102 was not an especially successful aircraft; its performance was unremarkable, and its safety record was poor. But Convair believed they had the seed of a successful airframe in the delta-wing ...
The Convair F-106 Delta Dart was the main all-weather interceptor jet of the United States Air Force for almost 20 years. Designed from scratch as the so-called [QUOTE] "Ultimate Interceptor," pilots ...