Sunday, June 29, 2014

This Day in McDonnell Voodoo History: June 29

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In 1950, the official “fly-off” between the McDonnell XF-88A VooDoo , the Lockheed XF-90, and the North American YF-93 began.   Evaluation c...
Friday, June 27, 2014

This Day in McDonnell Voodoo History: June 28

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In 1955, Phase II evaluation of the F-101A was completed.  Although the new “Type II” inlet ducts improved pressure recovery within the inle...
Thursday, June 26, 2014

This Day in McDonnell Voodoo History: June 26

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In 1956, an F-101A was tested with a weapon slated to replace the Model 96 store, the TX-28C, during the Dakota shot of Operation Redwing . ...
Sunday, June 22, 2014

This Day in McDonnell Voodoo History: June 23

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In 1953, the USAF began a brief evaluation of the hybrid XF-88B aircraft, just prior to it being turned over to NACA for research in advance...
Saturday, June 21, 2014

This Day in McDonnell Voodoo History: June 22

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In 1950, after the crash of the second XF-88 prototype, the original ship, with new afterburning J34-WE-15 engines, was ferried to Edwards ...

This Day in McDonnell Voodoo History: June 21

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In 1955, the USAF requested a study of the use of the radically new General Electric J79 turbojet in the F-101, developed for the new Lockhe...
Thursday, June 19, 2014

This Day in McDonnell Voodoo History: June 20

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In 1946, Air Materiel Command issued a formal letter contract for the production of two experimental XP-88 VooDoo penetration fighters by M...