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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

A Voodoo was to be sent to Ottawa (the Canada's capitol) to pick it up so a special paint scheme using the squadrons colors and emblem was applied to CF-101 101012. The aircraft was named "Hawk One Canada". In 1984 the 409 Squadron wanted to mark the 60th anniversary of the RCAF/CAF so "Hawk One Canada" paint scheme was applied to Voodoo 101057. Today CF-101 101057 "Hawk One Canada" can be seen as the gate guard for 19 Wing at CFB Comox.

Specifications :

Role:	two-seat all-weather interceptor
Crew:	2
Dimensions
Length :	67 ft 5 in (20.55 m)
Wingspan :	39 ft 8 in (12.09 m)
Wing Area :	368 ft² (34.20 m²)
Height :	18 ft 0 in (5.49 m)
Weight
Empty :	28,495 lb (12,925 kg)
Loaded :	45,665 lb (20,715 kg)
Maximum Take Off :	52,400 lb (23,770 kg)
Performance:
Powerplant :	2 X Pratt & Whitney J57-P-55 afterburning turbojets
Dry thrust :	11,990 lbf (53.3 kN) each
Thrust with afterburner :	16,900 lbf (75.2 kN) each
Internal fuel capacity :	2,053 gal (7,771 liters) or
With two external tanks :	2,953 gal (11,178 liters)
Maximum speed :	Mach 1.72 (1,134 mph / 1,825 km/h) @ 35,000 ft (10,500 m)
Range :	1,520 mi (1,320 nm / 2,450 km)
Service ceiling :	58,400 ft (17,800 m)
Rate of climb :	49,200 ft/min (250 m/s)
Armament :
Missiles :	4 X AIM-4 Falcon Or
	2 X AIM-4 Falcon and 2 X AIR-2 Genie nuclear rockets
Avionics :	Hughes MG-13 fire control system