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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

In 1961 Canada began to receive the first of fifty six F-101Bs purchased from the U.S.. One of the aircraft was U.S. 59-0402, 170402 in Canada. Between 1970 and 1972 Canada traded in the original aircraft for sixty six newer F-101Bs. From September 1971 until January 1972 twenty of the returned aircraft were converted to RF-101Bs. In 1971 59-0402 was retired and converted and returned to service as an RF-101B. In 1973 59-0402 went to the Nevada ANG 192nd TRS and June 1976 went to AMARC and then sold in 1980 for scrap.

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