"You Better Get Back In It" - The Cornfield Bomber

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The F-106 Delta Dart is a storied airplane, but surely one of its most interesting is the case of The Cornfield Bomber. In February of 1970, an F-106 experienced an amazing incident that should have resulted in the loss of the aircraft, but something rather unexpected happened instead. To learn more about the F-106, please visit www.libraero.com.

0:00 Intro
0:15 Overview of F-106
0:44 Fateful Flight
01:10 Stall Incident
01:41 Ejection
02:05 Unpiloted Landing
02:30 Joyride
02:40 Aircraft Disposition
02:56 Outro

Relevant Links:

Libraero.com: https://www.libraero.com

F-106 Delta Dart: https://www.libraero.com/Subject.jsp?SID=98

Narrator: James (Curator at Libraero.com)

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