This Day in Aviation History
September 29th, 1954
First flight of the McDonnell F-101 Voodoo.
 
The McDonnell F-101 Voodoo was a supersonic jet fighter which served the United States Air Force (USAF) and the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). Initially designed by McDonnell Aircraft as a long-range bomber escort (known as a penetration fighter) for the Strategic Air Command (SAC), the Voodoo was instead developed as a nuclear-armed fighter-bomber for the Tactical Air Command (TAC), and as a photo reconnaissance aircraft based on the same airframe._
 
An F-101A set a number of world speed records for jet powered aircraft, including fastest airspeed, attaining 1,207.6 miles (1,943.4 km) per hour on December 12, 1957.
 
Extensively modified versions were produced as an all-weather interceptor aircraft, serving with the Air Defense Command, later renamed the Aerospace Defense Command (ADC), the Air National Guard, the Royal Canadian Air Force and the unified Canadian Forces after 1968….
 
Source:
Wikipedia, McDonnell F-101 Voodoo: http://gstv.us/1KFW3aG
 
YouTube, McDonnell F-101 Voodoo Jet: “Voodoo Mission” – 1960’s Educational Documentary http://gstv.us/1KFWtxT
 
If you enjoy the “This Day in Aviation History” collection, you may enjoy some of these other collections from Gazing Skyward TV: http://gstv.us/GSTVcollections
 
Photo from: http://gstv.us/1KFWu4K
#avgeek #aviation #history #military #McDonnell #F101 #Voodoo #USAF #RCAF #USA #fb