Subject: Number 102 in the series--Convair F-102 Delta Dagger (3 of 5)

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Date: 8 Dec 93 17:17:41 GMT

>From [email-masked]

The F-102C (briefly known as the F-102X) was a proposal for a tactical 
strike version of the Delta Dagger.  It was powered by the J57-P-47 
engine and had structural modifications designed to increase its 
performance in a tactical role.  Changes in the internal fire controls 
system were also made.  

Two F-102As (53-1797 and 53-1806) were modified as YF-102C engineering 
testbeds, but the concept was rejected by the USAF in April of 1957.  
53-1797 ended up in a Honolulu technical school.  

Sources:

  General Dynamics Aircraft and their Predecessors, John Wegg,
  Naval Institute Press, 1990.

  United States Military Aircraft Since 1909, Gordon Swanborough and
  Peter M. Bowers, Smithsonian, 1989.

  The American Fighter, Enzo Angelucci and Peter Bowers, Orion, 1987.

  Fighters of the United States Air Force, Robert F. Dorr and
  David Donald, Temple Press Aerospace, 1990.

  American Combat Planes, Third Enlarged Edition, Ray Wagner, Doubleday,
  1982.

  Post-World War II Fighters, 1945-1973, Marcelle Size Knaack,
  Office of Air Force History, 1986. 

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