Legends Never Die

Phantom’s story began in 1952 when David S. Lewis was appointed as the preliminary design manager of McDonnell Douglas (MDD). With the team he established, he started working on the new aircraft model requested by the U.S. Navy. The aircraft would be a supersonic fighter jet. MDD started the “Super Demon” project based on the existing F3H Demon model. MDD’s rivals the Grumman XF9F-9 and the Vought XF8U-1 Crusader were already meeting the supersonic fighter requirements. In response, they started to work on the more advanced YAH-1 project in 1954. The planned design criteria were a single-seat fighter/bomber that could operate in any weather conditions (all-weather). The project was launched with these needs, but on May 29, 1955, new requirements were sent to the company by the Navy

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