This Day in McDonnell Voodoo History: June 30

In 1955, the first flight of the YRF-101A reconnaissance aircraft, taking place from Lambert Field, St. Louis.  The primary focus of testing was on general flying qualities.  As the Fairchild KA-1 and KA-2 cameras were not yet ready, the aircraft was delivered without them.  

On the same date in 1964, 414 “Black Knights” Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force at North Bay was disbanded and its CF-101B VooDoos distributed to the remaining three squadrons.  

Photo Credit: NMUSAF via Mark Nankivil.