I found these NASA photos many years ago and kept them, as they reminded me of the tuft tests I did in the early 1960’s while in my first stint in Flight Test.
When the company didn’t want to go to the expense and time to build a model and conduct a wind tunnel series of tests, we painted the wings white, attached tufts with “500” mph industrial duct tape and flew the aircraft. The chase plane would take photos or we would mount cameras on the moldline for photos. If I remember correctly, my tests were on F-4A #9.
On the photos above, notice the straight flow over the wings except for the outer wing panel.
From Kim Simmelink of Phantom Phacts:
These photos were of the tests of the spanwise blc tests. Instead of having blc in the leading edge and trailing edge flaps there was a duct above the wing (just below the I in AIR FORCE) and one just above the lowered flap which blew blc air "spanwise" across the wing and flap. According to the report I have, it worked just fine, and needed less ductwork.
The 5,000th U.S. built Phantom was delivered on May 24, 1978, in ceremonies that also marked the 20th anniversary of the fighter’s first flight, and McDonnell Douglas delivered the last St. Louis-built Phantom II in October 1979.
Another Crazed Plastic Article from CP #20. This time an article on AV-8B Harrier II paint schemes by Bill Drescher.
In the late 1970’s, Bob Pukala and I started the McDonnell Scale Modeler’s Club at MDC. We published this booklet in 1980 as a general info handout listing the fighter aircraft up to that time. Enjoy!
A few illustrations of the early F4H-1 ejection seat.
Several photos of the F-4 Phantom II refuel probe and it’s progression on different models of F-4’s.
Various aircraft prints from early to mid 1960’s.
A whole year of Airfix magazines from 1976.
A number of photos (133) of the North American Aviation P-51D Mustang aircraft.
Copies of McDonnell F-110A “Spectre” Photos.
Part 10 of a set of superb photos mostly taken by Dr. Fred Roos, civilian and military. Many great subjects from many decades!. Credit: Fred Roos Collection via The Greater St. Louis Air and Space Museum
Part 9 of a set of superb photos mostly taken by Dr. Fred Roos, civilian and military. Many great subjects from many decades!. Credit: Fred Roos Collection
Part 8 of a set of superb photos mostly taken by Dr. Fred Roos, civilian and military. Many great subjects from many decades!. Credit: Fred Roos Collection
Part 7 of a set of superb photos mostly taken by Dr. Fred Roos, civilian and military. Many great subjects from many decades!. Credit: Fred Roos Collection
Part 6 of a set of superb photos mostly taken by Dr. Fred Roos. Many great subjects from many decades!. Credit: Fred Roos Collection
Part 5 of a set of superb photos mostly taken by Dr. Fred Roos. Many great subjects from many decades!. Credit: Fred Roos Collection
Part 4 of a set of superb photos mostly taken by Dr. Fred Roos. Many great subjects from many decades!. Credit: Fred Roos Collection
Part 3 of a set of superb photos mostly taken by Dr. Fred Roos. Many great subjects from many decades!. Credit: Fred Roos Collection
Part 2 of a set of superb photos mostly taken by Dr. Fred Roos. Many great subjects from many decades!. Credit: Fred Roos Collection
Part 1 of a set of superb photos mostly taken by Dr. Fred Roos. Many great subjects from many decades!. Credit: Fred Roos Collection
A copy of the US Air Force Aircraft and Missile Systems Manual. Dated 1978.
A copy of the Fairchild A-10A Flight Manual (T.O. 1A-10A-1). Dated 15 March 1988.
A copy of an early Boeing Company B-29 Flight and Operational Manual. Dated circa 1943. Credit Museum of Flight
A copy of the Consolidated Boeing B-36A handbook of flight Operating Instructions. Dated 1 October 1948. Credit Museum of Flight
A copy of the preliminary Boeing B-17E Flight Manual. Dated October 1 1941. Has the Introduction and references, Description, General instructions, Special instructions, Power plant, Weight data and Flying characteristics. Credit Museum of Flight
A copy of the Cessna T-37 C Organizational General Aircraft Maintenance Manual. Dated 1 October 1064.
A copy of a really good article about the General Atomics Reaper Drone from the Model Airplane International March 2021 magazine issue.
A copy of a great article about the Hawker Sea Fury aircraft from the Model Airplane International May 2006 magazine issue. Lots of great profile drawings.
A copy of a good article on the RAF Mustangs Mk IV from Model Airplane International August 2010 magazine issue. Lots of 3-views. Does anyone have Parts 1 &2?
A copy of the Hawker Hurricanes In Malta’s Defense article from the 2007 issue of Model Airplane International. Written by Richard Franks.
A copy of the F-101B Canadian Voodoo Article written by Martin Pospisil. From Revi magazine , issue 106, 2017.
A number (45) of photos and drawings of the McDonnell F-101 Voodoo aircraft.
A copy of the great article about the International Tweety Bird–The T-33 aircraft from the Model Airplane International January 2007 magazine issue. An aircraft we hear little about!
A copy of the nice article on the The One-Oh-Wonder (McDonnell F-101 Voodoo) From the 2010 issue of Model Airplane International magazine.
A copy of several posters made by MDC to promote the MD-11 aircraft.
Excepts from a Report No. E0600 dated 12 May 1972 on the McDonnell Douglas/TRW Space Suttle proposal. Credit: SeattleGuy51
A copy of US Navy Jets, from the Aviation Archive series, focuses on those post- World War Two jet-powered Navy combat aircraft that were, or were intended to be, carrier-based.
A copy of the F-18 article from the magazine Wielka Encyklopedia Lotnictwa Nr 083. Written in Polish; but, it has a lot of good photos! 
A copy of the F-18 article from the magazine Wielka Encyklopedia Lotnictwa Nr 104. Written in Polish; but, it has a lot of good photos!
A comparison of the interior layout of the Mig-15 vs F-86A.
F-15B-3-MC-71-0290 was the first two seat F-15, originally built as a trainer. Original designation was TF-15 and known at MDC as T-1. Here is a good article written by NASA on it’s retirement.
A very nice book on the history of rockets. By Ron Miller. Dated 2008.
An interesting short article about the Avro Vulcan aircraft. Don’t know it’s source.
A copy of a great article by Martin Pospisil on the Canadian F-101B aircraft. (I had to translate the article from Czech to English, so, there are probably some errors.)
A copy of an earlier Technical Order TO 1-1-4. Dated 23 April 1964.
This United States Air Force technical order covers USAF aircraft Markings and layout schemes through 1998. Dated 17 July 1998.
A copy of the an F-4B/J aircraft conformal carriage preliminary design is described which provides a store mounting capability for up to twelve stores simultaneously.
A couple of additional photos of the proposed McAir Model 253 aircraft. Credit Mark Nankivil
A copy of AN 01-15EBB-1 for the Northrop YRB-49A Pilot’s Flight Operating Instructions Handbook, dated 15 September 1950. Credit: Dick Barton
145 photos and info sheets on the German V-1 missile and USA copy of the JB-2 missile. From my collection!
