High Quality Hand Made Wooden F-101 Voodoo Model Airplane

Unbeatable museum quality best describes our handcrafted F-101 Voodoo model airplane. After passing through the hands of master craftsmen, the parts are sanded and primed many times. Talented artists then paint on the intricate details with great accuracy. A final coat of clear lacquer protects the F-101 Voodoo model airplane and gives it a glossy finish. The RF-101 Voodoo model airplane comes with a handsome mahogany-based chrome pedestal, and to ensure that it is ready for delivery, it undergoes various stages of quality control before being placed in its box. The F-101 Voodoo model plane is perfect as an addition to a growing collection or as an exquisite gift to a loved one.

Development of the unarmed RF-101 Voodoo, the world's first supersonic photo-recon aircraft, began in 1956. Its most distinctive feature was its nose, which had been slightly lengthened for the installation of photographic equipment.

The RF-101A entered operational service on May 6, 1957. It served extensively in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. The Air Weather Service presence in South Vietnam began in December 1961 with the deployment of a single weather forecaster to Saigon to provide briefings for an RF-101 reconnaissance operation.

In the autumn of 1962, the pilots of the 363rd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing at Shaw AFB played a major part in the Cuban Missile Crisis. Utilizing their Voodoos for low altitude photo reconnaissance missions, they helped identify and track activities at Cuban missile sites, airfields and port facilities. The RF-101 helped confirm that offensive missile sites in Cuba were being dismantled.