Introducing the McDonnell F-101 Voodoo. The founder of McDonnell, James “Mac” McDonnell, liked to name his aircraft for supernatural elements—Banshee, Phantom, Moonbat, Goblin, Demon, and so on.

The McDonnell aircraft corporation’s F-101 Voodoo was a lean, mean, supersonic machine capable of going from tarmac to 40,000 feet in about two minutes. But for all its innovation and enginee… ...

The McDonnell aircraft corporation’s F-101 Voodoo was a lean, mean, supersonic machine capable of going from tarmac to 40,000 feet in about two minutes.

Summary and Key Points: The McDonnell F-101 Voodoo, part of the “Century Series” of fighter aircraft, was a cutting-edge jet when it first flew in 1954.Initially designed as a long-range ...

Born as a long range escort fighter for U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command (SAC) bombers, the McDonnell F-101 was developed in several versions. Both were involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis.

The agenda item whipped by quickly, as if traveling a thousand miles an hour, the rated speed for a McDonnell Aircraft Corp. F-101 Voodoo supersonic jet built in 1959 for the then-huge sum of $1.7 ...

McDonnell successors, the F2H Banshee, the F3H Demon, the F-101 Voodoo, and the F-4 Phantom II, continued the sound design concept and high performance qualities of the FH-1. The National Air and ...

In 1955, Mr. McDonnell became group leader on the F-101 Voodoo, a supersonic fighter jet. By 1961, he was elected general manager for the F-4 Phantom fighter jet.