F-101 Voodoo, Pt. II

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(this one in particular, HERE)All the talk of F-101 Voodoos in recent posts, had me rummaging around in my files and I found these.

Following are pics of “Allouette One Canada”/Lark One Canada that was mentioned by rangerj. It is one of the many colorful birds painted up for the 60th Anniversary of the RCAF. Each squadron painted up one plane for the event, much like the familiar Tiger Meets. Here’s the story:

In 1984, the remaining Voodoo squadrons painted one aircraft each to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the RCAF/CAF. 409 Sqn again used the Hawk One Canada markings, this time on 101057, but with the addition of rudder stripes. N0 425 Squadron’s contribution rivalled that of 409, with their 101014 being dubbed “LARK ONE CANADA”. On the opposite side the name was repeated in French as “ALOUETTE ONE CANADA”. The fuselage was covered in tiny yellow “feathers” while the wheel doors were painted to represent talons.

Here’s Allouette/Lark One, as she looked then:

And here she is in 2005, resting in her final spot at CFB Bagotville, before going to the torch.

Kinda sad, aint it?

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[%-)][BH]… And to think, they could have found a nice home in anyone Musuem in N.America/Canada…

What a shame…

Flaps up,

Mike

Rangers Lead The Way

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I did the Hawk, the Lynx, The Electric Jet, and have been waiting for decals to do the Lark. I also would like to cry. The torch? Oh no! The Lark one is the neatest paint scheme of the bunch. It is the best of all the CF-101 Voodoo paint schemes. I agree it should have gone to a museum. Does anybody know if decals are available for the Lark One scheme? Sorry Canadians, but I don’t habla that francaise and can’t spell Lark in French!!![:-^] Have a cold Molsons on me, eh.