CF-101 Voodoo Nav Stories! | Michel Latouche (Part 2)

Former CF-101 nav, Michel Latouche shares a couple of great stories from his time flying the jet and we wrap up with some personal questions.

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[aspotterabroad]

We're both a long way from those days in the CAOC Michel, great stories !

[eyerollthereforeiam]

One thing to be said for growing up in North Bay.. A lot of kids had sunburned faces, always staring up at the sky whenever we heard engines.

[davidsmith]

That third story was good, but those first two stories are fucking insane!!! Doing a 180 on the runway at 90 knots? I've been in a sports car that did that on a wet road with a bad driver and that was crazy enough! And then missing someone by TEN!! feet during a supersonic intercept, landing with alert armed planes, and then breaking up a (deserved) fist night between the crew?! Wow. Very Canadian understatement to say those were big deals!

[cleco]

Noisy buggers...lol woke me up many times blasting out of CFB Gander in the middle of the night. Love them things.

[Ian-Saxon]

Some fantastic stories there gents and isn’t that Voodoo a kick ass looking airframe? 👍

[MikeSiemens]

10:10 Retired Canadian Forces Instrument Electrical Technician with my thoughts on fire & overheat warning systems. These were part of my trade & while I have no Voodoo experience I did work on both T-33 & CF-104 which are from the same era as the CF-101. I'm going to assume, perhaps incorrectly, that the Voodoo featured thermal switches for both overheat & fire warning. Some aircraft have a continuous loop wire which functions in a similar manner. An overheat condition is unlikely to damage any of these components. While a fire would eventually cause damage, the crew would be most aware of such damage well before the fire detection system became non-functional by melting.

What I'm saying is in the case of the pilot shutting down & relighting the engine in response to a warning light, we give him the benefit of the doubt before condemning him for making the wrong decision in choosing to continue the mission. Respectfully, it's his system, not the Navigator's. He will be in possession of emergency operating procedures & well versed in actions required. The fact that the light did not come on again after re-light does not mean a fire burned through the detection system. If it had, there would be bigger issues. The overheat/fire warning system will have a test switch in the cockpit to check its integrity.

[mikeF]

Great career and experiences Michel. Thanks Mike for another great guest 👍

[jimsvideos]

Wild, thank you both for making this happen.

[TheMetalheadQC]

I wondered so much what was that aircraft outside Bagotville and St-Hubert when I was a kid

[rickhammer]

Great video!!! Great to hear the Voodoo flight experiences!!!

[ButteryBuddha]

15:10 mind-blowing, didn't know ECM could do that

[thefrecklepuny]

Great stories. I wonder how different things would be if Canada bought F-106's or F-4's?

[curiousuranus]

Is the F101 the most inconsequential, front-line aircrafrt ever?