Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stargazer2006" data-source="post: 75319" data-attributes="member: 3129"><blockquote data-quote="Andreas Parsch">There was no "McDonnell F-109" in 1952 (or later, for that matter). The F-101B was designated as such in May 1955, when the F-series had only reached -107. (Actually, the F-109 designator was reserved by the USAF only in January 1958).</blockquote>This early "F-109" designation (years before that of the Ryan Vertijet and the Bell D-188A), has been quoted in several sources though. This seems to be very similar to the Republic Thunderscreech receiving the XF-106 designation before changing to XF-84H... Could it be that a temporary reservation of F-106 to F-109 was done in 1952, and that the final allocation only came later on? Just my two cents on the subject.</blockquote>