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    Airframe Family: Convair F-102 Delta Dagger / F-106 Delta Dart
    Latest Model:NF-106B Delta Dart
    Last Military Serial:816 NASA
    Construction Number:8-27-10
    Last Civil Registration:N816NA
    Compressed ID:Convair NF-106B sn 816 NASA cn 8-27...
    Latest Owner or Location:Virginia Air and Space Center, Hampton, Virginia

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a NF-106B.

    Circa 1957

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 57-2516.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration with s/n 816.

    31 October 1966

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration with s/n 816.

    15 July 1969

    To NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA with new c/r N816NA.

    To NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA with new c/r N816NA.

    1985


    Photographer: NASA Dryden Flight Research Cent

    27 August 1989


    Photographer: Robert Abbott
    Notes: This was taken at Langley AFB in 1989 when it was still in active service with NASA.The event was the 1989 Langley AFB Air show.

    27 August 1989


    Photographer: Robert Abbott
    Notes: NASA itself it located on another part of the Langley Air Base. The tall structure behind the nose is part of the NASA facility. This photo was taken on the flight line of the main Air Force base.

    22 April 1992

    Civil registration, N816NA, cancelled.

    To Virginia Air and Space Center, Hampton, VA.
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    Markings Applied: NASA 816, 816

    4 April 2010


    Photographer: Robert Abbott
    Notes: As it is today at the Virginia Air and Space Museum.Markings remain the exact same as when it was in service.

    4 April 2010


    Photographer: Robert Abbott

    18 January 2013


    Photographer: Rich Tregear
    Notes: At Virginia Air and Space Center, Hampton, Virginia


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    Robert Abbott
    Peter Nicholson

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