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Today in aviation history: First flight of the Convair YF-102A Delta Dagger
On December 20, 1954, the Convair YF-102A Delta Dagger made its first flight at Edwards Air Force Base, marking a major step ...
Frustrated by failures during the prototype phase, Convair rebuilt the F-102 from top to bottom. For an aircraft that had already begun test flights, the changes were profound. But the... The F-102 ...
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F-102/F-106: The Fighter Jet That Shot at a Campfire
In this video, we look at the F-102 Delta Dagger and F-106 Delta Dart, interceptors of the Cold War era, and the unusual incident that gave rise to the phrase “the fighter jet that shot the campfire.” ...
"ADC's first supersonic interceptor." "A detail & scale aviation publication." https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source=~!silibraries&uri ...
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.
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