McDonnell's Voodoo aloft | Aviation Week, April 18, 1949

 


Recent flight photo of the McDonnell Voodoo (XF-88) twin jet penetration fighter shows test pilot Bob Edholm putting the speedster through its paces over Muroc AFB. Note the fuselage dive brakes extended just forward of the tail. Plastic nose contains communications equipment. Boom extending from the nose of the aircraft contains test equipment.