I have almost 1,000 hours Voodoo time in my log book. It was a fabulous aircraft to fly - not agile like a dog-fighter, but highly capable in its roll as an interceptor. The Abbotsford Airshow accident referred to was caused by roll-coupling (think of the main part of the aircraft rolling faster than the tail). Net result was the aircraft splitting apart along the fuselage and allowing thousands of pounds of fuel to spill into the engine compartment. Both the pilot (one-o-wonder) J.P. and his nav (scope wizzard) G.R were badly burned - but both lived. The 'fix' was to limit rolling to one 360 at a time. As to 'why no chute on landing', pilots were never sure if the ground crew at a base away from home were competent to replace the 'drag bag'. I took pride in being able to replace the chute myself (albeit with a previously packed chute), and refuel the aircraft myself. The afterburner on the Voodoo was a single stage burner - dump raw fuel into the aft section of the tail pipe (via concentric spray bars) and ignite it with a 20 cc hot streak of lit fuel - voila a BOOM. The burners rarely lit simultaneously, so another nickname for the Voodoo was 'double boomer'. Ah, the memories . . . .
@jimb4090
Жыл бұрын
AB...all or nothing. Really miss that feature. Last acft worked as a controller that had all or nothing was the 106.
@birgerkagan6087
Жыл бұрын
I was in Moos Jaw in '71 and on the course after us there was a guy nemed Gerry Hunt who I believe was assigned to a Voodoo Sqrd - did you know him? I think I heard he was killed in a Voodoo accident but it was many years ago and remembering things is no longer as it was
@donaldleben4442
Жыл бұрын
@@birgerkagan6087 There were two 'HUNTs' from that era. Gary Hunt died 17 Oct, 1973 - I believe it was a CF 100 accident in Ontario. Terry Hunt is still alive and living in Comox, BC. Hope this helps, Don.
@birgerkagan6087
Жыл бұрын
@@donaldleben4442 Thanks a lot Don - yes it was Gary Hunt we met in Moose Jaw. I was sure he was on the 101 but apparently not.
@donaldleben4442
Жыл бұрын
@@birgerkagan6087 If you care to post your email address, Birger, I have more info. Don
@hannesjonasson3550
3 жыл бұрын
Who's here after listning to The Fighter Pilot Podcast?
@mikeschlorff
3 жыл бұрын
Love the podcast!
@fhlostonparaphrase
3 жыл бұрын
Came for the afterburner
@magnusevald597
4 жыл бұрын
F 101, one of the most beautiful aircrafts ever made
@keegyweegy7803
3 жыл бұрын
Magnus Evald cf-101*
@glizzyman3956
2 жыл бұрын
@@keegyweegy7803 Still an f-101, American built but some served in Canada and were designated the cf-101
@frostyvr9805
2 жыл бұрын
@@glizzyman3956 Canada has the cooler livery tho
@ILSRWY4
11 ай бұрын
Aircrafts is not a word. Its AIRCRAFT speaking of one or many...
@puirYorick
5 жыл бұрын
The PA announcer was kinda clueless on this video. They always sound like they're doing a tractor pull or RV sales convention at the best of times but this guy was wrong about what was even going on up there half the tme. Thanks to the original camera operator for preserving some of the last footage of these Century Series birds.
@quedorf
5 жыл бұрын
Late to the party here, but my father was stationed in Chatham during the Voodoo days, and I was lucky enough to see these flying hundreds and hundreds of times. I have said it before and will again, very few aircraft were as impressive for a kid to watch. They were extremely big, loud, fast and violent machines. Shame there are none left flying the air show circuit, because they would definitely be one of the most spectacular aircraft for the people to see. CF18's are cool and impressive, but nothing like these monsters on full afterburner.
@690_5
2 жыл бұрын
My Opa was stationed at 19 wing back in the day and I heard him talk about the Argus. "Fox, you could hear that all the way in Cumberland!"
@horseyhorselips3501
2 жыл бұрын
Read my post I just posted. It’s a true story in fourth grade I wrote an artical for what I did during summer vacation the teacher kept it to show my dad and he told her I actually got to go for a ride in an F-101 Voodoo Fighter Jet 🛩 on my 9th Birthday June 11,1964
@billnelson8232
8 жыл бұрын
The Voodoos and British Vulcan Bomber were my favorite aircraft in the Air Shows every year back in the 1970's.
@horseyhorselips3501
2 жыл бұрын
I went to air shows at Niagara Falls Air Force Base from 1956-1970, my dad built the shed the fighter jets scraped and blew up with air to ground missiles and I have many old pictures of my dad carrying me on his shoulders at air shows back then
@5kylord
2 жыл бұрын
Ah, the good ole days. Back when they didn't play music at air shows.
@andretheodore6884
9 жыл бұрын
I saw the last 3 Voodoo demo in Edmonton in the ,id 80's', the flight/show line at Namao runs north to south, the crowd (over 200,000) ison the west side of the flight/show line. The Chipmunks cadet demo team in their single engine trainers were just finishing their show, when the announcer called everybody's attention to the west. Well most people did not know which way was west (behind the crowd) when the three Voodoos in formation, passed right over our heads in full afterburner. Well the result was, people screaming, and babies crying! Waaay tooo cool!!
@randallreid2852
9 жыл бұрын
Thank you, for the good video/memories! I worked on the CF-101 Voodoo in Base Bagotville as a CRS Technician on the MG13 Fire Control Radar as a young man. Cheers!
@phahking1194
6 жыл бұрын
I was at this same show in 1984. Loved seeing the Voodoo's since the US ones had departed that base for retirement 2 years prior.
@gguymike
10 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this! Brings back great memories of attending the base every year with my Dad for the open house and air show!
@gramps69cd12
8 жыл бұрын
I was part of 416 LYNX Sqn from 1980 to 1984 , Best days of my Life gents !! This was a great aircraft for work on as a " Medicine Man " This Squadron CF101 is now in Nova Scotia , Canada at the Museum !! ( Beginning of Vid )
@josephwoodford5503
7 жыл бұрын
I was in 416 from Jan 1980 until May 1985. Loved my time there and still get "chocked up" when I see voodoos. National Aviation museum in Ottawa has one as well as the Air Force museum in Trenton. Another 416 voodoo sits in front of the aircraft museum in Calgary but it's in very bad shape and sinking into the ground.
@cfairfull8030
3 жыл бұрын
My father was in 416 at around the time 416 received their Hornets and retired the Voodoos, he helped get the one at the Edmonton Alberta Aviation Museum mounted up on the pole there. It’s still sitting there and there’s at least 2 or 3 Voodoos at that museum.
@raynus1
11 жыл бұрын
Great video. I've always been a big fan of the Voodoo....a truly underrated aircraft that served Canada very well for a quarter-century.
@ILSRWY4
Жыл бұрын
"underrated aircraft" What the hell are you talking about?? It was a crap airplane that was a "deeply flawed" aircraft.. Great looking airplane, it had sexy lines, but it could not live up to what it was designed for. It didn't have the high-altitude ceiling, it didn't have the expected speed, It had limited stores carrying ability, It suffered from compresser stalls, to which several different intake designs were tried, non ever really 100 percent, it suffered from the dreaded and deadly pitch-up phenomon. It could not fulfill the Air Superiority roll for what it was intended, and it could not fulfill the TAC requirement, and so that left it with two rolls: 1) All weather intercept F-101B and the recon RF-101C. And the RF version was the only one used in the Vietnam war. The only thing it had going for it was its predisessor the XF-88, which was the best in class for its time, but, by the time the XF-101A came about all the problems began, problems that were NOT evident in the F-88 design. I love the looks of the F-101 just as much as the next guy, but I also know its short comings, only in the latter part of its operational service whenn all the issues were cleaned up was it even satisfactory in it roll. You really need to read "The F-101 Voodoo: McDonell's Heavyweight Fighter" when you do you will be humbled real quick.
@bret9741
5 жыл бұрын
Great to see these family videos survived. Thank you for taking the time to make this but of history available to us.
@cfairfull8030
3 жыл бұрын
My father joined 416 shortly after the Voodoos were retired and even towed one of the Voodoos to Edmonton’s Alberta Aviation Museum where it is now on a display pole outside the museum.
@Britspence381
4 жыл бұрын
I knew a fellow who flew the Voodoo for the Virginia Air National Guard, loved it but did say it had a pitch-up problem that could take up to 16K feet to recover from. He mentioned that it could fly very well on just one engine.
@donaldleben4442
Жыл бұрын
The pitch-up problem was because the aircraft would enter a flat-spin. The only way out was to deploy the drag chute, wait for the aircraft to enter a nose-down attitude and gather flyable airspeed and then pull out of the dive. The drag bag would tear off around 210 kts. Never heard the 16K number, but always knew that a piss-pot full of altitude was needed. We had a pitch boundary indicator on the airspeed indicator and we knew it was a dumb idea to pull more G than the PBI said you should. Single engine flight was NOT a problem.
@Britspence381
Жыл бұрын
@@donaldleben4442 Thanks for your expert input and thank you for your service. I grew up in Hampton Roads, Virginia, near Langley AFB, loved to watch the F-15's in flight. There's a Raptor Wing stationed at LAFB now. Enjoyed many airshows over the years, at Langley and NAS Oceana. I'm about 30 miles away now, miss the jet noise.
@dsanalysis5013
6 жыл бұрын
50's was the golden jet age. These are sexy birds.
@edrymes3653
4 жыл бұрын
Ahhhh, thanks for a blast from the past. You know they say about never forgetting your first love? Well, it's the same with us Voodoo Medicine Men. Start your career with the Voodoo and nothing else comes close.
@SharpZed
9 жыл бұрын
I have seen these back then. I do say they were the loudest let with afterburner I have heard. I saw them in Montreal.
@pegcity4eva
7 жыл бұрын
Friggin massive airplane
@chesterbloom
3 жыл бұрын
Listen to em. Listen to the burners. Whats that? You cant hear them over the sound of my magnificent voice? Keep listening. Now listen hard because I'm not going to stop talking. Aren't I great?
@metallifuk1970
9 жыл бұрын
these and the f-4 phantoms in London, Ontario best burners in the 80's
@MrEddieG420
9 жыл бұрын
my great uncle was the Rio in 101416 during 83-84 this show was one of his last rides in the 101 went to a Nato F4 rear seat out in cold lake after that ! awesome plane
@tazman572
8 жыл бұрын
+EddieG We didn't have F4 Phantoms in Cold Lake. They were US aircraft.
@MrEddieG420
8 жыл бұрын
tazman572 NATO had f-4s in cold lake don't tell me what I Know ! I never said Canada had them.
@tazman572
8 жыл бұрын
+EddieG Are you always so rude in responding?
@MrEddieG420
8 жыл бұрын
tazman572 Only when I deal with delusional idiots ! You want me to be rude keep telling me what I know to be fact as not true !
@tazman572
8 жыл бұрын
+EddieG Fact is that you implied that the RCAF had F-4 Phantoms in Cold Lake in your first post. Being in the RCAF myself for 35 years and still serving I know that to be in error. What exactly did your uncle do ? Get a "flip" in the back seat one day as a favour ? Tell the whole story.
@mikefm4
10 ай бұрын
I wish I could have seen these fly. I heard they were incredibly loud in person. The Voodoos are just downright beautiful Cold War interceptors
@wetblacklab7174
4 жыл бұрын
in the 80's my dad and i were fishing off Texada Island B.C. and heard thunder. A pair of voodoos did low fly by just about over our heads. That was so cool!
@wumbologytm4466
8 жыл бұрын
Thx for making a vid on whats probably my favorite Western Jet of all time :D
@alanclifford1337
Жыл бұрын
Great video. Great planes!
@YearZeroVids
9 жыл бұрын
Nice video! Built a model of one of those jets as a kid. Really cool to see it in action!
@dustinmartin8986
8 жыл бұрын
Me too, Revell kit, I still have it and I'm 45, you had the choice of USAF Colors or CAF, I put the CAF colors on mine because I always thought they looked better with those big maple leafs and that red cheat line with Canada on one side and Forces Armees Canadiennes on the other side. Big powerful plane, I think they a smoked almost as much as the F4. Love these old warhorses.
@YearZeroVids
8 жыл бұрын
+Dustin Martin Dude! I'm 46! Good memories of old model kits yeah? Yes, I love badass jets that stand the test of time. My current favorite is the A10.
@tazman572
8 жыл бұрын
+Dustin Martin They did smoke like F-4's because they both had the same engines, Pratt & Whitney J-57's w/ afterburners.
@briancotter3284
3 жыл бұрын
@@tazman572 F-4s had J-79s. late in their career (post Vietnam the USAF modified the engines so they'd be smokeless so the Soviets. This made it harder for ground troops to spot, track and shoot them down with shoulder fired ground to air missiles.
@Bassman101B
12 жыл бұрын
this is an awesome video........of an awesome intercepter
@stevet3980
9 жыл бұрын
+Grevais Fillion You are mistaken about the nickname of the 101. It was the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter that was nicknamed the widowmaker by the press, not by the pilots or crew. I was an aero engine tech in CFB Chatham NB in the mid 80's with 416 Squadron and what a beautiful bird these were.
@jaySon2880
8 жыл бұрын
+Steve T Widowmaker by the press, and Lawn Dart by spectators. lol
@stevet3980
8 жыл бұрын
Jay Tumach LOL. I talked to a retired pilot that flew those missiles and he told me of a pilot that made a successful landing and take-off at CBB Chilliwack. That's almost unheard of as the runways there are considered far too short. Talk about ballsy ... lol. I guess you had to be mostly nuts to want to fly one of those birds anyway... missile with a man in it.
@jaySon2880
8 жыл бұрын
Steve T I agree. out of the 200 CF-104s that Canada had built, I think they lost almost 33% of them due to various accidents. quite a few had happened in Germany. My uncle (retired) had said a German farmer hated the base at Baden, Germany where CF-104s were stationed, and built a grain silo not far from where the approach was to the sole runway of the base. you can imagine the havoc it cause for pilots landing or blasting off. lol.
@stevet3980
8 жыл бұрын
Jay Tumach I got to hear quite a few stories about the 104's when I was stationed in CFB Chatham, especially ones about the guys in Baden-Sollingen. I can just imagine the pounding hearts of the pilots trying to get those birds off the ground before the runway is gone and the silo becomes part of the fuselage...lol. Those things had the glide path of a brick and weren't exactly known for getting in the air very quickly. Landing speeds were quite fast too ranging from 190 kts (219 mph) up to 230 kts (265 mph) depending on fuel load. There was a saying made somewhat famous by a Canadian CF104 pilot regarding the inability of these birds to turn at lower speeds which was "banking with intent to turn" lol.
@gervaisfillion9417
8 жыл бұрын
+Steve T i was wrong you are right
@PhotogAE
12 жыл бұрын
Awesome video! I wasn't born when the Voodoos were still in service and I have wanted to see some footage of them flying (with sound) Hearing those afterburners light must have been something else! I'm working on building a scale model Voodoo right now which will be painted in RCAF colors.
@donaldleben4442
Жыл бұрын
Assume you finished the model. Can you post a picture?
@macyouview
12 жыл бұрын
Thanks, glad you liked it. Sound here doesn't do justice to the actual sound of these jets. I remember these guys lighting up the afterburners and it was loud. More air show archive video on the way. You might like my F 4 Phantoms London ON 1988.
@ariinkeroinen2615
5 жыл бұрын
F-4 Phantom II is the other marvellous mulfi-fighting plane. Served at many countries. Very best of its era as a multi-planned fighter plane at Navy service.
@horseyhorselips3501
2 жыл бұрын
My dad was a WWII Combat Medic Surgical Tech who’s Brother was Killed in Combat April 6,1942 Bataan Philippines 2nd Lt John Roslick of the 31Inf Reg the VFW in Old Forge Pennsylvania is Named Del’Rosa/Orzolek post see Uncle John joined the Army in 1924 age 14-15 by changing his last name from Orzolek to Roslick and after he was killed dad changed his last name before joining the Army in December 1942 he was in the 924 Field Artillery of the 99th Inf Div and dad’s commanding officer was Dr Bernard Burbank and in 1998 I got to talk to Dr Retired General Burbank while my dad was in the hospital Lost Dad in 2014 age 91 he was the last of 8 Brother’s and one sister Five Brother’s served WWII one Never Came Home and is Listed MIA Bataan Philippines 🇵🇭
@canbest7668
4 жыл бұрын
1:03 "...in Cana-da"?
@dw9780
2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic footage great camera work Thanks much I took glider lessons from a Canadian scope wizzard
@blooeagle5118
4 жыл бұрын
My grandfather flew the Voodoo for the RCAF, 416 Squadron. He said that the Voodoo tried to kill you at least once per flight, but it was his baby. He loved it so much.
@dongardner6128
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting, great to see a Voodoo demo!
@carmium
8 жыл бұрын
A couple of these planes visited the Abbotsford Air Show when I was in high school (ca.1970). They did a pass and climbed up and away and... BOOM! One of them blew to pieces. There was a sigh of relief when two chutes appeared, but I don't know if we ever heard what caused the plane to explode.
@jpmojojack
7 жыл бұрын
carmium I was there too. 9 years old. Still a vivid memory, and the reason my older brother will never go to another airshow.
@LighthouseProductions1
7 жыл бұрын
carmium I'm going to it this weekend ( first time ) I've been to JBLM and seafair but never Abbotsford, must have been a related issue like the thunderbirds had with the f-105b
@teddypassgasowitz5247
5 жыл бұрын
Gents. I was also there at that day. Had a girlfriend with me, after the a/c blew up and pieces landed with crew down near Lyndon Washington ( Abbotsford right on the border) I turned around to talk to her and she was gone. She had run to the large hangars behind us ! Took me an hour to find her ! Glad the crew was OK. It was quite the site.
@carmium
4 жыл бұрын
@@brents223 Wasn't expecting the pilot's friend to show up! Thanks for the details.
@donaldleben4442
Жыл бұрын
As to the cause, see my post above. Both the pilot (GR) and the AI Nav (JP) we badly burned - but lived after a year or so in the burn ward.
@horseyhorselips3501
2 жыл бұрын
My Father worked civil service at Niagara Falls Air Force Base from 1955-1970 On my ninth birthday he brought me to work with him and I started my morning bouncing on a trampoline in the Shipping and Receiving Warehouse and my dad said go run out on the base but don’t get run over by a fighter jet 🛩, so I went to the base gym and I was working out on the gym equipment and a guy come in and asked if I was an Air Force Brat I told him No my dad works civil service in shipping and receiving He asked me my dads name I told him Walt Orzolick He said he knows my dad Then asked me if I wanted to go for a ride with him I looked at him funny and asked where are you going to take me He said I have to go on a mission and I’ll take you for a ride in his F-101 Voodoo Fighter Jet 🛩 He walked me to the flight area to his jet Had his crew get me the smallest flight suit they could find and rolled up the sleaves and pants legs and walked me up the ladder to the Navigator seat strapped me in put flight helmet on me and oxygen mask 😷 The pilot closed the canopy and off we went over Niagara Falls and he did a barrel roll and I passed out and he was ordered to return me to have my blood pressure checked and as I come to he was asking if I was ok, I said yeah let’s go man this is so CooL 😎 he said he was ordered to return to Base we talked about how I’ll never be able to fly a fighter jet because I wear eye 👁 glasses 🤓 But it was the Best Birthday Present 🎁 My Dad ever gave me. This was in 1964. In 1970 my dad had to go to Aberdeen Proving Grounds to learn how to ship out the Nuclear War Heads off The Base when the Missile Base was Closed. I still have his Book from Aberdeen Proving Grounds RIP Dad
@robertcieslak1861
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for a fantastic video. Announcer blunder: The 101 was built by McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, not McDonnell Douglas. Picky, picky!
@gratefulyankee377
9 жыл бұрын
My father flew these and F-89s as a navigator in the USAF 1956 to 1961.
@edmajden6943
8 жыл бұрын
In Comox they had a Nick name assigned by some Radar Systems Techs, PIGs in SPACE, ha! ha! ha! Why? If you sent two up, three came back unserviceable! ;-)
@timpeterson2738
3 жыл бұрын
I miss the Abbotsford airshow back in 70s and 80s, the best
@robertstack2144
2 жыл бұрын
That's where the 107th had F-100C & F aircraft and Voodoos after we came back fron Vietnam
@macyouview
11 жыл бұрын
At the time, there were no Voodoos stationed at the base. I think they had F-4 Phantoms and some F-105's. Hope you like my other videos. More on the way.
@shantelmcreavy527
5 жыл бұрын
Which base are you talking about??? Canada never had F4 phantoms in are air force!
@Hobiecat33
9 жыл бұрын
Remember being scraped by a couple of this planes going up the chair lift skiing at Forbidden Plateau probably 1974-75.
@ariinkeroinen2615
5 жыл бұрын
Still I'm such sorrowed for Avro Canadas CF Arrow's loss.=(( But this video is just good, and thanks for that. =))
@lawrenceevans4475
6 жыл бұрын
I would've loved to see this airshow and this aircraft.
@robertstack2144
Жыл бұрын
I use to crew 100's and 101 Voodooes at Niagara
@jaySon2880
10 жыл бұрын
CF-101 Voodoos were based mainly at 3 bases across Canada. 409 Hawk Sqn at CFB Comox, B.C., 425 Allouette Sqn at Bagotville QC, and 416 Lynx Sqn at Chatham, N.B. (I may be incorrect on the squadron numbers). There was a small number in use with 440 Sqn at North Bay, Ontario for R & D. Chatham (now Miramachi) flew CF-101F and CT-133 Silver Stars.
@mikewalter1111
10 жыл бұрын
my da was stationed in Iceland and flew F101
@denmalski
10 жыл бұрын
410 cougar at Cold lake 414 black knight at Northbay for a short time were also 101 sqns
@mikewalter1111
10 жыл бұрын
Thanks for more info...:)
@falconeaterf15
10 жыл бұрын
Excellent example on display at the WCAM (aviation museum) in Winnipeg CA NA DA.
@solidlift
2 жыл бұрын
Miss those days.
@Thousand_yard_King
Жыл бұрын
The RF-101's were so fast, that McDonnell had to put a Forward are speed limit on them so that they didn't melt the windscreen in straight and level flight. But if you exceeded that they would have to chip you out of your canopy with hammers and chisels so you can get out of the cockpit
@225rocketman
9 жыл бұрын
Yes they were stationed at Niagara Falls in the late 60's.
@teenagerinsac
8 жыл бұрын
+225rocketman Video shows the alert shelters they had been in there when in service.
@LibertyFirst1789
6 жыл бұрын
such a rare video
@tomlarocque4720
9 жыл бұрын
This video does not do justice to the noise these A/C actually made. It was absolutely deafening...and so cool.
@billnelson8232
8 жыл бұрын
Saw them and the British Vulcan Bomber at the same Air Shows every year back in the 1970's. Both aircraft were loudest and best of part the Air Shows every year.
@grc70
9 жыл бұрын
Should have been the Avro Arrow!!!
@daveintheshed4870
4 жыл бұрын
The Arrow was almost 500 kmph faster than the Voodoo.
@008rip9
4 жыл бұрын
Dave in the Shed and outdated and extremely over budget
@nikolaivasilev7371
4 жыл бұрын
@@008rip9 not outdated at all...Arow was even more advance.NOT only that,but the PROJECT was already done ! They were meant to start production and was a better choice ! Their reason was"development costs too much",which made no sense considering it was ALREADY finished ! It cost in todays money around 11 billion and was done ! All facilities were made for mass production and work force was made for it. Another point was that they will be costly,with them not costing much more than Voodoo,while carrying far more weapons.AND again,it was literally throwing away 11 billion of dollars already invested and spending more than that on CF-101 and CF-5.It was literally opposite of saving money,since it meant wasting far more than the production of CF-105. No,CF-105 would have been the right choice ! Not only that,but it meant firing 30 000 people and paying for F-5 as well,which made no sense for Canada nor meat any requirements the military first asked..Which again shows how they were bribed into doing this.They literally gave up on then current best interceptor project in the world,that carried 2-4x more weapons,had far better flight characteristics and was far faster.
@ThatCanadianGuy-e1p
4 жыл бұрын
I think the Arrow is overrated.
@cfairfull8030
3 жыл бұрын
@@ThatCanadianGuy-e1p My grandfather played soccer with some of the test pilots and main designers of the Avro Arrow. The aircraft was an excellent choice for Canada, especially in the age we were in at the time. Both the Voodoo and the Avro Arrow were exceptional aircraft.
@terrycunningham3010
3 жыл бұрын
One hanging in the War museum in ottawa its a big plane.
@billnelson8232
8 жыл бұрын
We will never see the Concorde again. We will never see the Vulcan Bomber at Air Shows again after 2015. It is going to really suck at Air Shows after this decade into the 2020's. Keep these videos preserved forever because that is the only way future generations will ever see and know about these aircraft. We will never see F-101 Voodoos again. The last video of F-101 Voodoos at an Air Show on You Tube is from Niagara Falls, NY USA in the Summer 1984. The last You Tube video of a C-130 Hercules doing a Rocket Assisted Take Off at an Air Show is in 2009.
@charlesr5210
8 жыл бұрын
I believe the F-102 and F-106 had a similar engine. The afterburner light wasn't relatively uneventful like you see on the F-15 and F-16 and their multistage afterburner. In the F-101, a couple of loud "whaps" heralded the selection of their single stage afterburners. The USAF (and USN) wouldn't see a new engine until the arrival of the F-104 and F-4 Phantom II. I'm not sure if the F-105 used a similar engine.
@robertstack2144
2 жыл бұрын
F-100C &F had J-57P-21A engines. The F-101B & F had J-57P-55, at least ours at Niagara did.The F-106 was powered by a J-75. I crewed F-100 and 101 aircraft, but not the Delta Dart, 106. The F-16 was powered primarily by Pratt & Whitney F-100 engine and variants. The F-15 I believe had the same engines as the F-16, the P &W F-100. The F-102 had the variant of the J-57 engine as the "Hun". The F-4 (Barn Door) had two J-79s, but could have used a couple more. The F-104 Starfighter had a J -79. The B-58 hustler had four J-79 engines with four afterburners. To this day nothing could intercept a B-58 at altitude given a overfly warning of five minutes. Back in the day they couldnt intercept the 58 with a 20 minute lead. The 58 needed a supersonic fuel truck flying nearby to be effective.
@VictorEmmanuelElias
9 жыл бұрын
Nice video and rare, not much videos out there on the McDonnell Voodoo. The announcer of the airshow seemed rather lost at times on their air display. He would announce to the crowd Listen to them lite the burners but they never did most of the time. When the Afterburner is lit on the Pratt & Whitney J-57 engine it makes a distinctive Boom. At 5:40 you can hear the boom from the afterburner being lit. However; the audio in the video does not do it justice, I'm afraid. Anyone who has heard it in person can testify to it. I know I've experienced it in person myself. But it is a remarkable video, none the less. I did enjoy it.
@GrantZPrice
7 жыл бұрын
4:58 Alright! Thank you, Debbie.
@Thunder_6278
3 ай бұрын
Too bad they didn't save 1 or 2 for air shows, it would be a great draw, and of course, the CF-104's, what a duo that be!
@marcdemmon3020
5 жыл бұрын
Those were my prim time years 1979 to 84 u was in air cadet and Army reserve tuor cfb Comox the cf 101 never saw actual air combat in the cold war times American hustle candains to by all most out dated aircrafts up to 1984 then replaced by cf 18
@robertstack2144
Жыл бұрын
It was a P&WJ-57 P-55
@MauryMarkowitz
9 жыл бұрын
It's too bad you can't really capture the sound of these things on tape. I've been to a lot of air shows, and I've never heard anything as loud as these planes. Circa 1986 I saw them at Borden, which wasn't far from my home. They did a low pass over the runway in full burner. Car alarms starting going off in the parking lot and all the smaller kids started screaming and crying. I've seen F-15s, buffs, even Vulcans up close, and they get close on occasion, but nothing like this.
@DavidGarvinTechnophile
10 жыл бұрын
These ones were from Chatham, New Brunswick, "Ca-Na-Da" (as the announcer said) :D
@lesfairbanks2467
5 жыл бұрын
I was a weapons mechanic on the F-101 in England 1961-1962. This brought back a lot of memories. It was an awesome plane in its day but ours didn't carry a lot of armament. What it did carry though was pretty awesome. Ours were bombers not fighter interceptors.
@solomonpilot2510
8 жыл бұрын
voodooos i gues those pilot do black magic vodo , which originated in Morroco....just kdn , and thanks 4 posting .
@jimb4090
Жыл бұрын
Think it was late '80 when the Canadian breweries went on strike and shut down beer availability in Canada (Molson?). The Canadians would fly in to McCord AFB and load up with cases and cases of exported Molson or other brews. The trip back was always low level to keep the cargo from rupturing. This was always hush-hush. If they only knew....
@donaldleben4442
Жыл бұрын
We could carry MANY cases of suds on the rotating armament door. We even had some luggage carriers made to fit the door so we could carry the booze internally. Usual problem on these 'mercy flights' was landing back home and some zealous Medicine Man would rotate the door without checking what was onboard. Many broken bottles, ruptured cans and ale flowing down the ramp.
@wadesplaying
5 жыл бұрын
More than any boot camp@!
@Bluenose352
10 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised they didn't use the chutes on landing rollout.
@johnspencer7291
7 жыл бұрын
i think the ole voodoo could still give some of the modern fighters a good fight!!
@lutenantsweedpertasa
6 жыл бұрын
John Spencer it’ll tear the F-35 to pieces.
@leifvejby8023
6 жыл бұрын
Not really - they couldn't even follow the Avro Vulcan through a turn at altitude. But it was a decent interceptor.
@DigbyOdel-et3xx
Жыл бұрын
If it could send off one of its 2 - AIM-1D Genie 1.5kt. nuclear tipped Rockets before the other aircraft could get a shot at one then sure.... But our CF-101's were used only to take out Soviet Bombers, mostly TU-95 'Bear' bombers coming over northern Canada had the Cold War turned hot.😎
@craigpennington1251
2 жыл бұрын
Those two were heavily restricted on that burn maneuver(wheels down, air brakes deployed) What a ripoff to the crowd. I've seen those planes boogie out fast and loud 1st hand & up close. Voodoos are cool and were interceptors more than fighters. Those will do a vertical climb also-no problem. These guys are flying gingerly.
@jaySon2880
8 жыл бұрын
i have a dumb question for any of you that maintained the Voodoo. While a plane is on leave from their home base, such as these planes are in the U.S., if they deploy the drag chute on landing, who repacks them, or does the groundcrew for each particular aircraft take extra canopies along to the show?
@tazman572
8 жыл бұрын
+Jay Tumach Not a dumb question at all. There are several ways that the aircraft could have been serviced at an away from home base depending on the circumstances. 1) Because this is an airshow at a foreign air force base, (this one being in New York state), the visiting aircraft could have been serviced by American crews from their "transient servicing" section. Canada also have techs that are cross trained on foreign A/C. 2) The home squadron could have sent an airshow team with the aircraft wherever it went. (That is what they do today). 3) During exercises, the home unit will send their own crews to service their A/C.( Either in Canada or away). Hope this answers your question. P.S. I worked on Voodoo's at 425 Sqn. in Bagotville from 1982-84 as an armourer, (weapons loader). I am retiring this year after having served 35 years in the CAF/RCAF. It was great.
@uncbadguy
8 жыл бұрын
+Jay Tumach Each USAF Base has a Transient Flight Line Crew that would take it to the parachute shop and some exhausted overworked poor bastard (Like me) would repack it.
@donaldleben4442
Жыл бұрын
When I flew the Voodoo, we usually carried a couple spare drag chutes when planning to go 'Cross-Country". I took pride in being able to replace the drag-bag in the tail when needed. Most aircrew never bothered. When landing away, pilots tried very hard to NOT have to deploy the chute. Nose high attitude on landing gave great aerodynamic breaking. However, if you exceeded 13 degrees of pitch on the roll-out, you would drag the burner cans on the runway - and that did not endear you to the Medicine Men who kept our birds airworthey.
@hankhenry9199
6 жыл бұрын
Why would you light the AB with the gear down?
@dw9780
2 жыл бұрын
For the fun of it of course ☺
@dkoz8321
2 жыл бұрын
The fact that RCAF was still operating F-101 in 1984 is troublesome. By 1984, Soviets had TU-22M, and likely had early TU-160 airframes in limited service. They certainly had MIG-25RBT and MIG-31 in service. Now we know that Soviets and Russians today, would have combined TU-22, TU-160 penetration packages with MIG-31 to aid in NORAD airspace penetration. No way would CF-101 and Canadian F-4 could handle those. Alaskan F-15s and available Navy F-14s would be only platforms to have realistic chance at interception.
@dw9780
2 жыл бұрын
We only had to hold them off untill the yanks showed up No worries my friend
@donaldleben4442
Жыл бұрын
We only had to intercept them head-on and at supersonic speeds. Launch one Genie rocket and the whole squadron of TU-22/TU-160 would be vapourized. Maybe us too. . . . .
@teddypassgasowitz5247
5 жыл бұрын
pretty aircraft, BUT had a tour of one and the rear pilot/nav/technician told me it could only track I think like 2 or 3 targets at one time and attack one. Across the ramp sat an F-14 USN Tomcat and the officer told me how advanced the TomCat was versus the Voodoo. Anyway such is life in aviation, aircraft bought, sold, developed always managed by backroom politicians. We could have had our Arrow but our PM got suckered into BoMarc missles.
@shantelmcreavy527
5 жыл бұрын
True the Voodoo could only track 3 targets at a time. However in its day that was an amassing. Please remember that the F 14 came along years after the F101, so the F14 would be more advanced.
@jaySon2880
8 жыл бұрын
the announcer is actually mistaken. these are F models. the original 66 B models were replaced with F models in the 70s.
@TRSchocked
8 жыл бұрын
+Jay Tumach Nope. They are (most likely) "B's". Our second "batch" consisted of one F from Block 61, two from 66, three from 71, and four from Block 81. All the others were "B's". The F's wore "tail's" 101001-007, 101022, 101024, and 101052. The B's were from a number of production blocks as well. 101008-101018 were Block 85, 101019-021,101023, and 101025-030 were all Block 90, 101031-051 were Block 95, 101053-066 were Block 100's. 414's "Black Beast (101067-leased from the USAF in 1982) was a standard Block 105 B model, outfitted by the "boffins" for use as an ECM/Jamming Aggressor. If you can make out the tail numbers on the aircraft in the video, you'll know exactly what you're looking at. My eyes are too old and tired. LOL! There MIGHT be an "F" there after all...the two are pretty much indistinguishable externally. Geek mode off...;-)
@briancotter3284
3 жыл бұрын
No they were B models with the Infra-red seeker on the nose so actually purpose built interceptors from an early-mid production run. in 1961 Canada got 66 of the newest B models (w/o the seeker) and swapped them out for 66 of the ones you see in this video (w the IR). Why? The USAF needs the newer Voodoos back to replace the losses and upgrade their F-101C recon versions they'd been loosing a lot of and wearing out in the SEA conflict. Also... in the last few years e.g. circa 1982 or 83 Canada leased its only F-101F from USAF stocks to serve as an Electronic Warfare a/c. They called it the Electric Voodoo. Cheers
@blairthandi7058
7 жыл бұрын
Will it ever fly again?
@tommyjohn8711
5 жыл бұрын
Why is their landing gear down?
@fiverats1
5 жыл бұрын
Dirty passes to show how they look in landing configuration
@TheNightlessFall
3 жыл бұрын
i need this plane in War Thunder... Do we have it in War Thunder?
@Pscans1234
11 жыл бұрын
Weren't those stationed at Niagara falls?
@LighthouseProductions1
7 жыл бұрын
is it safe to fly these anymore
@walkergarya
8 жыл бұрын
F-101 VooDoo, always a second rate aircraft that we bought to replace the far better Avro Arrow.
@andrewnoonan4044
8 жыл бұрын
+walkergarya But, it was good enough - and cheaper.
@walkergarya
8 жыл бұрын
Andrew Noonan NOT when you count all the development money that was effectively dumped in the toilet when the Arrow was canceled. NOT when you count the huge brain drain of engineers, scientists and technicians that found themselves unemployed Feb 21, 1959. NOT when you count the cost of building a world class Aerospace industry and then scrapping it. NOT when you consider that foreign governments would have bought the Arrow once it was seen to be the aircraft we said it was. NOT when you consider that we have been backed into a corner to buy second rate American fighters since, the CF-101 Voodud that liked to pitch up so violently that it could peel its own wings off, The CF-104 Lawndart, where firing your own gun choked off the engine and with no wings to speak of glided like a brick with less control, and we still have not cancelled our purchase of the F-35 Hangar Queen, obsolete performance at modern high expense prices, too complex, too many roles, a true lemon.
@andrewnoonan4044
8 жыл бұрын
I agree with you about the F-35 - just not about the Arrow or the F-104 or Voodoo. Clearly it WAS good enough because Canada did not go to war during this period of time. As for the Aviation industry - please tell me what Canadian Built and designed strike or fighter aircraft ever achieved significant sales overseas? You sold what 50 CF-100's to Belgium. Not much really.. and you sold a few of your Canadian Sabres overseas too - yet that was not an inherently Canadian aircraft. Not much else that I can see if you exclude the Canadian built F-104's. Given the industrial base in the US compared to Canada it is highly unlikely you could have competed with them in the long term. Don't forget that the Arrow was an Interceptor and Interceptors depend on both Radar and missile technology to be effective and both of these were not that developed at the time of the Arrow. But yes, I agree with you about the F-35 piece of junk.
@walkergarya
8 жыл бұрын
Andrew Noonan The Arrow was developed as a long range bomber interceptor, being the size it was, and with no internal gun, it would not have been a dog fighter, but with the internal bomb bay it could have been fitted with any number of missiles, bombs, photo recon, ECM. The Engines developed for the Arrow were 10 years or more ahead of the game. We had digital fly by wire running on the Arrow. We did not NEED to build whole aircraft to have an aviation industry, but other aircraft could have benefited from the development programs that built the Arrow. Canada had a GREAT reputation for its aircraft, the CF-86 Canadair Sabre were the BEST Sabres built, more reliable, faster, more powerful due to their Orenda engines. I will not say that we would have built every airplane flown by NATO in the 60's and 70's but we could have built some, but because of Deifinbaker Avro Canada never had the chance. By the time the Arrow was canned, it would have been cheaper to build 200 Arrow Mk2 and put them into service but instead, we paid extra to fly a second rate lead sled.
@andrewnoonan4044
8 жыл бұрын
Disagree with you about the Sabre - the CAC Sabre was also pretty good and had 2 x 30mm cannon instead of the 6 machine guns. So harder hitting. Performance was similar to the Canadian Sabre except yours was slightly faster. Yes, I'm aware the Arrow was an Interceptor and not a fighter. It was essentially built to do the same job as the Tornado ADV/F3 of the late 80's and 90's. It's why I did not mention turn radius or anything. Given the American subsidies they build into their defence industry I really doubt you would have sold much to NATO. They simply would not have let you out compete them. The F-101 and F-104 may well have been second rate - but in the end it was all you actually needed.
@ov10bronco1
9 жыл бұрын
Why do we have to have music if you want to call it that
@wadesplaying
5 жыл бұрын
Any ;left???????????????????????
@RU-zm7wj
4 жыл бұрын
Gee, I wonder if the commentator likes to say the word "afterburners"?
@briancotter3284
3 жыл бұрын
Yes he was wrong most of the time. His regular gig was as a K-Mart shoppers announcer.
@joshron99
10 жыл бұрын
You'll have to mute the sound (the "music" is annoying) but otherwise a good vid especially for someone interested in the century series.
@mike97525
7 жыл бұрын
Worked on those at bentwaters
@ILSRWY4
Жыл бұрын
why for love of god did you add that annoying music while they were landing... would be great to hear them and the airshow announcer as he was giving some info...
@scallywag6768
4 жыл бұрын
Compared to the Arrow they were junk. I saw them fly at the Abbotsford Airshow in the 80s just before they were replaced by F18. Really old, but still impressive.
@hankhenry9199
6 жыл бұрын
I am still waiting for an Airshow with courage enough to let a CF-104 at Mach 2 fly over on the deck. BOOM!
@hoghogwild
4 жыл бұрын
No jet made can fly at MAch 2 on the deck. The fastest of them can reach 1.2-1.3 max.
@sidefx996
2 жыл бұрын
Time to do a little homework Hank, no one is flying anywhere near Mach 2 "on the deck."
@gervaisfillion9417
9 жыл бұрын
they called this crap widow maker
@tazman572
8 жыл бұрын
+Gervais Fillion Wrong. That was the CF-104.
@horseyhorselips3501
2 жыл бұрын
In January of 1980 I was working at Niagara University when a Voodoo Jet crashed behind Tam Ceramics on Hyde Park Blvd and a jet engine rolled into the Tennis Court at NU I was on the 8th Floor of Osha Dormitory when I heard two big Explosions a few seconds apart and the building shook so bad I thought it was exploding and after those explosions I saw daylight in some of the outside wall bricks 🧱 No Lie my bosses drove over to where it crashed the saw both men still in the jet, decapitated and heads still in helmets then Air Force Police Chased them out and that whole area was every six feet were military police for three or four months with metal detectors looking for all the pieces
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