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"A"  Model F-106 Cockpit

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The Cockpit

The pilot entered the cockpit from the left side of the fuselage with a tubular steel ladder hooked over the cockpit edge. Consoles ran along both sides of the ejection seat and the instrument panel. The throttle lever, a fuse block, a spare fuse holder, an anti-g-suit selector switch, fuel tank transfer switches, a canopy opening and closing switch (emergency and automatic), oxygen system controls, the landing light switch, radar horizontal and vertical scan control switches, weapons bay switches for missile arming, an emergency hydraulic pump, and a T-handle were located on the left console. The right console contained the radio equipment (navagitional and communications). Most of the more important instruments, like the altimeter and speedometer, were displayed with vertical tape on the instrument panel in front of the pilot on the newer aircraft. The tape instruments were much easier to read than the conventional ones, but they were harder to maintain and service.

The enigne RPM, temperature gauges, fuel and oil level gauges, and autopilot controls were also located on this instrument panel. On the upper left of the control panel was the drag chute control handle. Pulling the handle deployed the chute, and pushing it back in jettisoned it. However, the chute was usually dragged by the aircraft to the ramp, so someone didn't have to go down and retrieve it from the runway or taxiway. In the center, from top to bottom, were the radar scope, the attitude controller display, compass, and tactical situation display. The optical sight for visual missile firing and M61 aiming was high in the triangle formed by the windscreen.
The stick formed a double-handle U-shape from its central shaft rooted in the floor. The pilot held on with both hands and could control the weapons and attack functions with switches and buttons.

 

           

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Original round gauge F-106 interment panel

Ejection Seat of an F-106A  Note that the parachute is packed into the seat. 

                                               

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Ejection seat and canopy hydraulic mechanism. 

Right hand control panel.        

      

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Old Instrument Panel

New Instrument Panel

   

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Old Instrument Panel

New Instrument Panel

        

The Integrated Flight Instrument System

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The Main Central Interment Panel
  1. Flight Modes Panel
  2. Clock
  3. UHF Remote Indicator
  4. Tail Hook Down Button And Light
  5. Computer Mode Indicator
  6. Drag Chute Handle
  7. Landing Gear Warning Light
  8. Landing Gear Position Lights
  9. Airspeed-Mach Indicator (AMI)
  10. Attitude Director Indicator (ADI)
  11. Maximum Maneuver Warning Light
  12. External Tank Empty Lights
  13. Radar Scope
  14. Radar Scope Recorder
  15. Standby Compass
  16. Master Warning Light
  17. Engine Fire Warning Light
  18. Variable Ramp Warning Light
  19. Engine Fire Warning Test Switch
  20. Air Refueling Ready Light
  21. Air Refueling Contact Light

 
  1. Air Refueling Disconnect Light
  2. Marker Beacon Light
  3. Altitude-Vertical Velocity Indicator (AVVI)
  4. Standby Attitude Indicator
  5. Standby Altimeter
  6. Standby Airspeed Indicator
  7. Engine Pressure Ratio Gage
  8. Exhaust Gas Temperature Gage
  9. Tachometer
  10. Fuel Quantity Gage Selector Switch
  11. Nucleonic Oil Quantity Indicator
  12. Radar/IR Selector Panel
  13. Hydraulic Pressure-Low Warning Light
  14. Canopy Unlocked Warning Light
  15. Fuel Flow Indicator
  16. Fuel Quantity Gage
  17. Horizontal Situation Indicator (HSI)
  18. Tactical Situation Display (TSD)
  19. Bearing Selector Switch
  20. Heading Selector Switch

 
 

The Left Hand Console
  1. Landing Gear Emergency Up Button
  2. Landing Gear Handle
  3. External Wing Tanks Release Button
  4. Landing Gear Emergency Extension Handle
  5. Altitude Band Switch
  6. Master Electrical Power Switch
  7. Landing Gear Audio Warning Cutoff Button
  8. Idle Thrust Control Switch
  9. CG Control Switch
  10. CG Transfer Test Failure Light
  11. Radar/IR Control Panel
  12. Oxygen Control Panel
  13. ILS Channel Selector Panel
  14. Armament Control Panel
  15. Throttle Quadrant
  16. Throttle
  17. Communications Frequency Selector Panel (UHF)
  18. Takeoff Trim Light
  19. Fuel Control Switch
  1. Rudder Trim Switch
  2. IFF Control Panel
  3. Mask Defog Rheostat
  4. Anti-G Suit Test Button
  5. MA-1 Power Control Panel
  6. Fuel Control Panel
  7. MA-1 Test Panel
  8. Cabin Air Selector Handle
  9. Air Refueling Panel
  10. Variable Ramp Switch
  11. Armament Recycle Button
  12. Pitch G Limit Test Switch
  13. Cockpit Left Fuse Panel
  14. Ram Air Turbine (RAT) Handle
  15. Pressure Suit Control Handle
  16. Reset/MBL Switch
  17. Cockpit No-Fog & Ventilated Suit Switch
  18. Landing and Taxi Light Switch
  19. AIR-2A Arm/Safe/Monitor Power Circuit Breaker
 

The Right Console

  1. Master Warning Light Panel

  2. Primary Hydraulic System Pressure Gage

  3. Secondary Hydraulic System Pressure Gage

  4. Oil Pressure Gage

  5. IFF Caution Light

  6. Generator Switch

  7. No. 3 Fuel Tank Switch

  8. Canopy Switch

  9. Data Link Antenna Switch

  10. Canopy Latch Handle

  11. ATG Switch

  12. Map Reading Light Switch

  13. Warning Lights Test Button

  14. Map Reading Light

  15. Engine Anti-Ice Warning Test Button

  16. Emergency AC Generator Switch

  17. Windshield Anti-Icing, Antifog Switches

  18. EGT Spread Button

 

 

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