Your adventure awaits on Open Cockpit Day this Saturday, May 24th, at Castle Air Musuem! Explore aviation history up-close and personal, with several cockpits and cargo holds open for viewing, such as our C-123 short-range assault transport plane seen in this reel. Open Cockpit Day offers fun for the whole family! Gates open at 9:00am. See you there! | Castle Air Museum

F-106 Delta Dart: The Ultimate Interceptor That Landed Itself FULL VIDEO: https://youtu.be/nCYSR0wjGX8 Explore the Convair F-106 Delta Dart, the “Ultimate Interceptor” of the Cold War, in this restored and colorized historical documentary. This film dives into the development and testing of the F-106, the aircraft that stood as America’s primary defense against Soviet bombers for nearly three decades, and features the incredible true story of the “Cornfield Bomber.” #F106DeltaDart #ColdWar #Avia

The Convair F-106 Delta Dart was the main all-weather interceptor jet of the United States Air Force for almost 20 years. Designed from scratch as the so-called [QUOTE] "Ultimate Interceptor," pilots would reportedly fight each other to fly it. It had one mission, and it had to be fast. With a sleek body and missiles tucked in an internal weapons bay, it could reach speeds over 1,500 miles-per-hour to intercept the Soviet Union's long-range bombers. And, as one bizarre incident would show... it