Phantom II
USAF McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom II on display at the Lone Star Flight Museum. This plane is painted to resemble the plane flown by Col. Robin Olds, one of the leading air aces of the USAF during the Vietnam war.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Olds
Capable of Mach 2 flight, these planes were a mainstay of both the U.S. Air Force and Navy during the Vietnam war and remain the only type of plane flown by both the Thunderbirds and the Blue Angels flight demonstration teams. Designed and built by McDonnell Aircraft in the mid 1950s, they served in the U.S. military until the late 1990s, and some air forces around the world still use them. At one point, one of these planes held the world altitude record for air-breathing aircraft at over 100,000 feet (30,500 m).
The McDonnell Aircraft Company merged with Douglas in 1967 to form McDonnell-Douglas, then merged with Boeing thirty years later. Boeing now owns McDonnell's manufacturing plant in St. Louis and considers McDonnell-Douglas a legacy company along with North American, who built the P-51 Mustang during World War II along with various training aircraft.
During my years working at Johnson Space Center, McDonnell-Douglas had a large engineering presence and contributed greatly to the development of JSC's Mission Control Center. From their abbreviation McDAC, we informally referred to them as Mack Dack.
Phantom II
USAF McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom II on display at the Lone Star Flight Museum. This plane is painted to resemble the plane flown by Col. Robin Olds, one of the leading air aces of the USAF during the Vietnam war.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Olds
Capable of Mach 2 flight, these planes were a mainstay of both the U.S. Air Force and Navy during the Vietnam war and remain the only type of plane flown by both the Thunderbirds and the Blue Angels flight demonstration teams. Designed and built by McDonnell Aircraft in the mid 1950s, they served in the U.S. military until the late 1990s, and some air forces around the world still use them. At one point, one of these planes held the world altitude record for air-breathing aircraft at over 100,000 feet (30,500 m).
The McDonnell Aircraft Company merged with Douglas in 1967 to form McDonnell-Douglas, then merged with Boeing thirty years later. Boeing now owns McDonnell's manufacturing plant in St. Louis and considers McDonnell-Douglas a legacy company along with North American, who built the P-51 Mustang during World War II along with various training aircraft.
During my years working at Johnson Space Center, McDonnell-Douglas had a large engineering presence and contributed greatly to the development of JSC's Mission Control Center. From their abbreviation McDAC, we informally referred to them as Mack Dack.