McDonnell F-101 Voodoo
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Oct 6, 2026
Stan GordonGUEST
But he said what happened right after that is what really scared him a lot.
Stan GordonGUEST
He said, falling along the same path, a short distance away, it's an F-101 Voodoo military fighter jet trailing object.
Stan GordonGUEST
And he said, then what happens really scared me.
Stan GordonGUEST
He said, that military jet fired a missile at that object as it moved directly along the path.
IkeGUEST
Yeah
RepeteHOST
... you flew the F-101.
IkeGUEST
Yeah, I, I went, went to Lakenheath and, uh, straight consecutive overseas to Lakenheath, England, and had a, had a wonderful time with that tour.
IkeGUEST
Halfway through it, they converted to F-4s.
Tail DraggerHOST
But when you were in phase with her, when you'd built the hours and the intuition and your hands knew what the aircraft wanted before she asked for it, there wasn't a finer machine in the American inventory.
Tail DraggerHOST
The Six was the culmination of the Century Series, the F-100 Super Sabre, the F-101 Voodoo, the F-102 Delta Dagger, the Six's direct predecessor, the F-104 Starfighter, the F-105 Thunderchief, each one a quantum leap over what came before it, each one pushing technology to its edge, each one demanding pilots who were completely at the top of their game.
Tail DraggerHOST
The F-106 was the last and the finest of the line back when AVGAS was cheap and airspace was free.
Tail DraggerHOST
If you wanted to fly the fastest machine the Air Force had, you went to an interceptor squadron.
Pete EverestSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The D was an interceptor model.
Pete EverestSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We have the, uh, P-88, which was the forerunner of the F-101.
Pete EverestSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We have the F-100, F-101, F-102, and F-105.
Pete EverestSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And then we of course got the, the B-47B and, uh, C-130 cargo airplanes and all kinds of new helicopters.
Pete EverestSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So it became quite busy, and I had to build up the flight test section to accompany these new systems.
DaveHOST
The Air Force immediately declared the public forest a restricted military zone and armed guards confiscated cameras and smashed film.
DaveHOST
To completely throw off investigators and photojournalists, the military secretly flew in broken, burnt pieces of an old conventional F-101 voodoo jet from Area 51.
DaveHOST
They alluded the fake parts around the crash site so that any photos leaked to the press would just show standard unclassified jet debris.
DaveHOST
That
David MooreHOST
The helicopters include the OH-13, the helicopter you've seen in the series MASH, the UH-1 Huey, the AH-1 Cobra, and the OH-6.
David MooreHOST
After flying with the Army in Vietnam, he joined the Air Force, where he flew the T-37, the T-38, the RF-101 Voodoo, and then the RF-4 Charlatan.
David MooreHOST
After flying with the Air Force, he went on to fly with the airlines, flying the 727, 737, 757, 767, as well as the Airbus 319, 320, 321, and 330.
David MooreHOST
Clyde has more than 42,000 flying hours, which I think is a record for any of our guests on the podcast thus far.
Clyde RomeroGUEST
And nobody knew when it could go hot.
David MooreHOST
I'd like to ask you about the planes you flew in the Air Force.
David MooreHOST
You flew the RF-101 and then the RF-4.
David MooreHOST
I've spoken to other F-4 pilots, but I've never spoken to someone who's flown the RF-101.