#McDonnell Aircraft Corporation

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Gemini Spacecraft under construction at the McDonnell factory in St. Louis, Missouri.

Science Photo Library: C007/7839, C007/7843

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Technicians from the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, which was responsible for producing the Gemini capsule, make final inspections to the Gemini III spacecraft. The photo is taken in the white room, a sterile environment where the spacecraft was prepared for launch, atop the Titan launch vehicle at Pad 19 at the Kennedy Space Center. Gus Grissom and John Young would ride the spacecraft into orbit for the first Gemini mission on a five-hour trip into space on March 23, 1965.

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McDonnell F3H-2 Demo

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McDonnell F3H-2 Demon. "A McDonnell F3H-2 Demon (BuNo. 146722) of Fighter Squadron VF-114 "Executioners" launching from the aircraft carrier USS Hancock (CVA-19). VF-114 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 11 (CVG-11) aboard the Hancock for a deployment to the Western Pacific from 16 July 1960 to 18 March 1961. Note the Allison J71-A-2E turbojet on afterburner druing the launch.

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McDonnell F3H-2M Demons. "McDonnell F3H-2M "Demons" of FS (VF) 61 launch simultaneously from the USS SARATOGA (CVA-60) during flight operations off Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, May 16, 1957."

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McDonnell F3H-1N Demon. "The first production U.S. Navy McDonnell F3H-1N Demon (BuNo 133489), in 1955. The F3H-1 was ordered before it s first flight to counter the Soviet MiG-15. However, only 58 aircraft were built and most never flew, because the Westinghouse J40 engine. The aircraft was seriously underpowered and the J40 was prone to inflight explosions and sudden failures. All F3H-1Ns were permanently grounded in July 1955 and the surviving airframes were either used as ground trainers or scrapped. 133489 first flew on 24 December 1953 and was used for service evaluation at the Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Maryland (USA), in 1954."

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McDonnell F3H-2 Demon

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McDonnell F3H-2N Demon. "A U.S. Navy McDonnell F3H-2N Demon (BuNo 136981) of Fighter Squadron VF-124 "Gunfighters" in flight, circa 1958."

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McDonnell F3H-2M Demon. "A U.S. Navy McDonnell F3H-2M Demon (BuNo 137055) of Fighter Squadron VF-112 in flight. Date: September 1957"

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McDonnell F3H-2N Demon

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McDonnell F3H Demon