In the late 1950's and early 1960's, there were many dark and stormy nights into which F3H Demons were launched while the F11F, F4D, and F8F pilots were munching popcorn and watching their nightly movie.  Soundly berated for its lack of aerodynamic performance and for its high rate of fuel consumption, the Demon was nonetheless the Navy's first true all-weather fighter-interceptor, and was the point of that important spear during a very tense era of the cold war.

No points for Style:  In an era when automobiles were mimicking aircraft (the 1957 Plymouth styling was lifted directly from the F-86 Saber Jet), no auto stylist would ever take a second look at the Demon, most charitably described as looking like a pregnant guppy.

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