Today in Aviation History: First Flight of the Convair F-106 Delta Dart
Vintage Aviation News
DECEMBER 26, 2024
Flying against Captain Tom Curtis, the two “Sixes” engaged in a “vertical rolling scissors” maneuver at 38,000 feet (11,600 meters), trying to get behind the other’s tail. 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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