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To: Yardstick

My father worked a Mcdonnell as a aircraft mechanic. During a 1959 open house he took me into a hush house and sat me in the cockpit of a F3H. I was only 5 but still remember it. The Demon was only one of two single engine fighters Mc built. The other was the Goblin.


15 posted on 07/08/2023 4:27:02 PM PDT by MCF (If my home can't be my Castle, then it will be my Alamo)
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To: MCF

Very cool. There was a variant called the F3H-G that had two engines and even stronger resemblance to the F4. I think it’s interesting to see the “thought process” as the designers refine their ideas.


23 posted on 07/08/2023 5:56:01 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: MCF

My dad was a test pilot at McDonnell and flew Demons, Voodoos and Phantoms. He was killed in the first F4 in 1959. Can’t help and wonder if they met.


26 posted on 07/08/2023 9:53:30 PM PDT by Neverlift
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