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In 1970, while assigned to the71st FIS at Malmstrom AFB, Montana, an F106 pilot ejected during an inflight emergency. The pilot somehow got himself in a flat spin, considered generally unrecoverable in an F-106. The book says EJECT.
Of course, after the pilot ejected, the plane recovered itself from this "unrecoverable position". In a vain attempt to recover, the pilot had trimmed it to takeoff trim and throttle back. After the pilot ejected, it flew wings-level to the ground and made a near-perfect belly landing in a farmer's snow-covered field.
When the local sheriff arrived on the scene, the engine was still running. On a slight incline, the F-106 would move slightly as the snow under it melted. Must have been interesting for the sheriff ....
A depot team from McClellan AFB recovered the aircraft and it was eventually returned to service, and re-assigned to the 49th FIS.
A friend writes: "We would occasionally run into ex-71st FIS guys at William Tell and ragged them unmercifully about the "emergency" so dire the plane landed itself. The aircraft is in its 49th FIS markings at the USAF Museum and I have been to see this old friend several times. As pleased as I am to see the 49th FIS Eagle immortalized for millions to see, a part of me wishes they would paint one side in 71st FIS markings to ensure visitors know it wasn't the 49th that abandoned this perfectly good airplane."
Of course, after the pilot ejected, the plane recovered itself from this "unrecoverable position". In a vain attempt to recover, the pilot had trimmed it to takeoff trim and throttle back. After the pilot ejected, it flew wings-level to the ground and made a near-perfect belly landing in a farmer's snow-covered field.
When the local sheriff arrived on the scene, the engine was still running. On a slight incline, the F-106 would move slightly as the snow under it melted. Must have been interesting for the sheriff ....
A depot team from McClellan AFB recovered the aircraft and it was eventually returned to service, and re-assigned to the 49th FIS.
A friend writes: "We would occasionally run into ex-71st FIS guys at William Tell and ragged them unmercifully about the "emergency" so dire the plane landed itself. The aircraft is in its 49th FIS markings at the USAF Museum and I have been to see this old friend several times. As pleased as I am to see the 49th FIS Eagle immortalized for millions to see, a part of me wishes they would paint one side in 71st FIS markings to ensure visitors know it wasn't the 49th that abandoned this perfectly good airplane."
