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[URL unfurl="true"]http://aviationarchives.blogspot.com/2022/04/mcdonnell-aircraft-model-111a.html[/URL]63 page PDF.McDonnell proposed Models 109, 110 and 111 as Long-range Interceptor designs. 109 was apparently similar to the F-101 Voodoo. It appears Model 111 was submitted after the competition finished - the proposal seems to have been a lower cost, lower risk alternative to the F-108, with a lesser performing aircraft compensated for by a high performance missile. The McDonnell Model 103E nuclear-tipped air-to-air missile was part of the proposal - see post hereAmerican Secret Projects: Fighters and Interceptors 1945 - 1978 has additional details of these designs.
[URL unfurl="true"]http://aviationarchives.blogspot.com/2022/04/mcdonnell-aircraft-model-111a.html[/URL]
63 page PDF.
McDonnell proposed Models 109, 110 and 111 as Long-range Interceptor designs. 109 was apparently similar to the F-101 Voodoo. It appears Model 111 was submitted after the competition finished - the proposal seems to have been a lower cost, lower risk alternative to the F-108, with a lesser performing aircraft compensated for by a high performance missile. The McDonnell Model 103E nuclear-tipped air-to-air missile was part of the proposal - see post here
American Secret Projects: Fighters and Interceptors 1945 - 1978 has additional details of these designs.
