Today in Aviation History: First Flight of the Convair F-106 Delta Dart
Vintage Aviation News
DECEMBER 26, 2024
On December 26, 1956, Convair’s chief test pilot Richard Lowe Johnson took in 56-451 for the F-106’s maiden flight. On December 15, 1959, Air Force test pilot Major Joseph W. Foust would describe the incident thusly: “The aircraft looked like the pitot tube was stationary with the aircraft rotating around it.
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