--- product_id: 41478710 title: "World's Fastest Single-Engine Jet Aircraft: The Story of Convair's F-106 Delta Dart Interceptor" brand: "col. doug barbier usaf (ret.)" price: "€ 121.65" currency: EUR in_stock: false reviews_count: 11 url: https://www.desertcart.hr/products/41478710-worlds-fastest-single-engine-jet-aircraft-the-story-of-convairs store_origin: HR region: Croatia --- # World's Fastest Single-Engine Jet Aircraft: The Story of Convair's F-106 Delta Dart Interceptor **Brand:** col. doug barbier usaf (ret.) **Price:** € 121.65 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** World's Fastest Single-Engine Jet Aircraft: The Story of Convair's F-106 Delta Dart Interceptor by col. doug barbier usaf (ret.) - **How much does it cost?** € 121.65 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.hr](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/41478710-worlds-fastest-single-engine-jet-aircraft-the-story-of-convairs) ## Best For - col. doug barbier usaf (ret.) enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted col. doug barbier usaf (ret.) brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![World's Fastest Single-Engine Jet Aircraft: The Story of Convair's F-106 Delta Dart Interceptor - Image 1](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51b+eVfrt2L.jpg) ![World's Fastest Single-Engine Jet Aircraft: The Story of Convair's F-106 Delta Dart Interceptor - Image 2](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51Qw9H2A+FL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Just buy the book, if you have any interest in the F-106. *by B***E on Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2017* Specialty Press books are all over the map; some are crude and poorly written by amateur enthusiasts and full of obvious inaccuracies. This one is flat-out excellent, with lots of technical details including a great discussion of the genesis and development of the insanely complex MA-1 fire control system, intended to serve as the tip of the spear for the entire massive SAGE ground radar and computer system. As the book spells out, the concept was brilliant, but several steps beyond what technology could realistically manage circa 1957. Consequently the vacuum tube based fire control system was desperately unreliable and required absurd amounts of maintenance for the first ~6 years of the F-106's career.Things in this book you'll never find anywhere else: great details about the successful program to set the world speed record, involving only 2 aircraft and a very small team. That the actual maximum speed of the '6 remains unknown, because it was still accelerating at the end of the second record run, and landed with paint blistered off the skin by aerodynamic heating. That it cost much more to purchase and maintain than the massive two-engine, two man F-4, yet had much better performance at high altitudes. That the short-ranged, relatively crude Falcon missile and even cruder Genie unguided nuclear rocket remained the only weapons carried to the end of the '6's career, other than a handful of planes retrofitted with Vulcan 20 mm guns.Probably the book's best features are accounts demonstrating just how difficult it was to get the F-106 into squadron service as a useful military weapon, and what it was actually like to fly and operate. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The best volume on the 106 thus far *by R***E on Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2017* The best volume on the 106 thus far. I still remember getting rousted out of bed the night we had a fire in an Alert Barn at Selfridge AFB. I was on the disaster control team and we were scrambled with our radiac detectors - not knowing if the birds that were burning were armed with nukes. A scary time for a one striper!Shortly after I reported to an assignment with HQ Air Defense Command in Colorado Springs, the carcass of one of the fire damaged aircraft was refurbished and donated to be displayed at the Air Force Academy. This same aircraft was later written off after having "crashed" during a nocturnal mission across campus, navigated and propelled by a group of Cadets. All of this and much more is contained in this (to me) too short of an examination of America's ultimate purpose designed interceptor.I couldn't seem to get away from the Delta Dart. Examples later followed me to a recruiting assignment in Billings, MT, where a detachment of the 5th FIS had an alert facility at the end of the Civilian runway. To me, seeing a pair of 106's disappearing into the gloom of a rainy or snowy sky epitomized "My Air Force" and remain some of my fondest memories of my service career. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Penultimate Reference Book on the F-106, history, development, and operations *by M***S on Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2018* For anyone who has had any connection with this amazing fighter, this is the penultimate reference book, not for the specifications, but for its history and the operational squadrons. The research that must have gone into this is simply staggering.If the development challenges and politics are something you eschew, you can skip those parts, but if you ever thought that developing and building a combat airplane is not a big deal, you'd be missing an incredibly convoluted story.I was astounded that the author discovered a combat mission I flew and thought was classified (yeah, I'm an ex-dart driver). It was a case where they said it couldn't be done, but the Delta Dart did it anyway (see pages 125 and 155).And without this book I never could have appreciated the challenges faced by the maintenance personnel, especially of the fire control system (which seemed to differ from one plane to the next).If you're assigned to an air combat squadron, this book needs to be in your ready room or lounge.There are more pictures of F-106s than I though existed.Warning: there is a plethora of detail on individual planes by tail number, so you may find some of that to be tedious. Just scan that portion and move on to the parts that interest you.Politicians: You need to read this to understand the problems you can create if you're more in to the politics than the country's military needs. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.hr/products/41478710-worlds-fastest-single-engine-jet-aircraft-the-story-of-convairs](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/41478710-worlds-fastest-single-engine-jet-aircraft-the-story-of-convairs) --- *Product available on Desertcart Croatia* *Store origin: HR* *Last updated: 2026-07-18*