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CF-101B Voodoo 17450, No. 410 Squadron, RCAF Station Uplands, early 1960s
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
CF-101B Voodoo 17450 was one of 4 ex-USAF F-101Bs (59-0450/0453) aircraft sold to the RCAF in 1961/62. No. 410 Squadron was formed in June 1941 as a night-fighter unit. The squadron was disbanded and reformed at Uplands AFB in November 1956 as 410 (AW)F Squadron and on December 20, 1961 became Canada's first operational CF-101 squadron. The squadron then spent time in Bagotville, Quebec before finally moving to CFB Cold Lake, Alberta in 1982 where they re-equipped with CF-18.
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 |