What almost proved McDonnell’s undoing was No. 3, an ambitious supersonic carrier fighter called the F3H Demon. It proved too heavy for its Navy-specified Westinghouse engine (in itself a ...
John Newlin flew the McDonnell F3H Demon and the F4B Phantom II. He also accrued flight time in the Chance-Vought F8D Crusader and the Grumman F-14 Tomcat. He retired from the Navy in 1980.