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.

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.

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 ...