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McDonnell YRF-101A 'Voodoo'

Description
  Manufacturer:McDonnell
  Base model:F-101
  Designation:YRF-101
  Version:A
  Nickname:Voodoo
  Designation System:U.S. Air Force
  Designation Period:1948-Present
  Basic role:Fighter
  Modified Mission:Reconnaissance
  Status:Prototype

Specifications
Not Yet Available

Known serial numbers
54-0149 / 54-0150


 

Recent comments by our visitors
 Guy E. Franklin
 Deatsville, AL
In October 1953 the USAF requested that two F-101As be built as prototype YRF-101A tactical reconnaissance aircraft. These were followed by 35 RF-101A production aircraft. The RF-101A shared the airframe of the F-101A including its 6.33 g (62 m/sē) limit but replaced the radar and cannons with up to six cameras in the reshaped nose. It was unusual in having provision for both flying boom and probe-and-drogue in-flight refueling. RF-101A entered service in May 1957, replacing the RB-57 Canberra.
01/08/2007 @ 09:58 [ref: 15132]
 Sam Sitler
 Houston, TX
I had the great pleasure of working on this great airplane during the development by McDonnel Aircraft in St. Louis. I was an instrumentation engineer in the flight department. I retirec from McDonnell Douglas in 1993. One of the best photo plane built.
08/27/2006 @ 15:20 [ref: 14005]

 

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