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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

The 60th FIS was activated in 1940 as the 60th Pursuit Squadron but re-designated the 60th FS "Fighting Crows" on May 15, 1942. On January 5, 1959 the 60th FS located at Otis AFB, MA was the first Air Defense Squadron to receive the new McDonnell F-101 Voodoo. On April 30, 1971 the 60th FS was deactivated and with that F-101B 57-0364 was sold to Canada and became CF-101B 101036. In 1987 it became an instructional airframe and struck off charge in 1993.

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