\doc\99\01\f106.txt
Looks good.


Some other info -


Of the century series fighters, the F106 probably had the 
best dogfighting performance with a big wing and low
drag. It does not have the sheer 1:1 thrust-weight ratio of 
modern fighters.


The F102 and F106 carried missles in an internal bay, a feature 
also found on the YF-12, and which is being re-introduced with the stealthy F-22.


The F106 never saw combat against either fighters or bombers.


The Gatling gun was installed in the missle bay after experience 
with the F4 Phantom found they were useful in close-in dogfights.
The canopy was also changed to provide somewhat more vision.


The missles were called "falcons" which did not prove popular with
tried on F4s in Vietnam compared to navy developed Sparrow
and sidewinder missles, also adopted on the F15. The Navy 
Phoenix came out of the falcon design.


The Hasegawa F106 model has the same markings as the
McChord plane, the museum also as F-15s and T-33 with similar
markings.



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From:           	"Erv Smalley" <e_s_smalley@sprynet.com>
To:             	<arthurhu@halcyon.com>
Copies to:      	"Richard A Lewis" <RETCMS@AOL.COM>, <mcgeep@shinbiro.com>
Subject:        	F-106 Display Page
Date sent:      	Sun, 10 Jan 1999 20:01:32 -0700


> Mr. Hu -- The site is up and running at
> http://www.shinbiro.com/~mcgeep/F106/index.htm   Click on "Still Serving"
> and look at the McChord Display. Thanks for letting us use your photos. 
> Erv Smalley
>