Future book ( Specialty Press ):Convair's F-106 Delta Dart Interceptor

[bercr]

https://www.amazon.com/Worlds-Fastest-Single-Engine-Jet-Aircraft/dp/1580072372/ref=sr_1_86?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1474972214&sr=1-86&keywords=aviation

 

[sferrin]

A shame it wasn't written by an F-106 pilot. I've got a small book on the B-58 Hustler, written by a former Hustler pilot, and the anecdotes are the best part of it.

 

[XP67_Moonbat]

My my. Well maybe the author has buddies from the F-106 community and collected some good stories from them.

I'm kinda hoping we see some stuff on unbuilt versions. But, fingers crossed.

 

[frank]

As I said elsewhere, I hope they add apostrophes to the title. It would make it look more professional.

 

[bercr]

Look inside on Google books :
https://books.google.fr/books?id=S3lGDgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=fr#v=onepage&q&f=false

 

[blackkite]

Wow I need my copy. Thanks for good information.

 

[2cobras]

Just finished mine. It's a great book with some beautiful photos. There are some unknown terms to me and the odd minor mistake -
Julian Lake commanded VF-74 not Julian Gray . There's lots of information on the ejection seat problems (scandal?) and the whole rebuild/rework saga tells us that the F-35 programme's travails are nothing new.

 

[snark]

Just received my copy. You’re right about the photos.
I have many great memories of being on the Margate, NJ beach when these guys in their red-accented livery would suddenly appear, roaring along a few hundred feet over the surfline at very high speed and startling the bejabbers out of us bathers. The planes of the New Jersey Air National Guard were, I believe, the last F-106’s to retire.

Harry