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General Background

The McDonnell F-101 Voodoo (nicknamed One-oh-Wonder") first flew in September 1954 with the first production F-101A making its first operational flight in May 1957. In September 1957 the F-101C became operational followed by the F-101B in January 1959. When production ended McDonnell had built 785 Voodoos, 480 of them were the two-seat all-weather interceptor F-101Bs. The RF-101 reconnaissance version was the world’s first supersonic photo-recon aircraft. The only major foreign operator of the Voodoo was the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) that acquired 56 CF-101B and 10 CF-101F.

The Aircraft

From 1970 to 1972 fifty six of Canada's original CF-101s were sent back to the USAF and most were scrapped except for 22 that were converted to RF-101B reconnaissance variants. The aircraft were stripped of all armament and replaced by cameras. They were sent to the Nevada ANG 192 TRS in Reno, Nevada but were found to be too expensive to operate and were replaced by RF-4Cs in 1975. This particular aircraft ended up going to the scrap yard in January 1980

Specifications :

Aircraft Modified:	22
Dimensions
Length :	67 ft 5 ins
Wingspan :	39 ft 8 ins
Wing Area :	368 sq. ft
Height :	18 ft
Weight
Empty :	28,970 lbs
Gloss :	45,664 lbs
Combat :	40,853 lbs
Maximum Takeoff :	52,400 lbs
Performance:
Engines :	2 X Pratt & Whitney J-75-P-55 turbojets producing 11,900 lb.s.t. dry or 16,900 lb.s.t with afterburners
Fuel :
Maximum Internal :	5 X internal fuel cells containing 2,053 US gallons
Maximum External :	2 X 450 US gallon drop tanks under fuselage
Total Maximum Fuel :	2,953 US gallons
Maximum Speed :	1,134 mph @ 35,000 ft (Mach 1.72)
Initial Climb Rate :	49,200 ft/min
Service Ceiling :	58,400 ft
Combat Ceiling :	51,000 ft
Normal Range :	1,520 miles
Maximum Range :	1,930 miles
Armament :	0