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Douglas DC-9-32. In 1967, with the merger of McDonnell and Douglas Aircraft, David S. Lewis, then president of McDonnell Aircraft, was named chairman of what was called the Long Beach, Douglas Aircraft Division. At the time of the merger, Douglas Aircraft was estimated to be less than a year from bankruptcy.
Douglas continued to develop new aircraft, including the successful four-engined Douglas DC-6 (1946) and its last propeller-driven commercial aircraft, the Douglas DC-7 (1953). The company had moved into jet propulsion, producing its first for the U.S. Navy — the straight-winged F3D Skyknight in 1948 and then the more "jet age" style F4D ...
He was the president of the Douglas Aircraft Company, which his father, Donald Wills Douglas Sr. founded, from 1957 to 1967, when the company merged with McDonnell Aircraft Corporation. He was on the board of directors of Douglas Aircraft from 1953 until the merger, then on the board of McDonnell Douglas from 1967 to 1989. He was involved in ...
Quality and cash flow problems and DC-10 development costs, combined with shortages due to the Vietnam War, led Douglas to agree to a merger with McDonnell Aircraft Corporation to form McDonnell Douglas on April 28, 1967. Douglas Sr. served as honorary chairman of the McDonnell Douglas board until his death on February 1, 1981, at the age of 88 ...
Data from McDonnell Douglas Aircraft since 1920 General characteristics Capacity: 10–29 passengers depending on cabin layout Length: 66 ft 6 in (20.27 m) Wingspan: 57 ft 7.25 in (17.55 m) Height: 23 ft 7.75 in (7.21 m) Wing area: 550 sq ft (51.10 m 2) Empty weight: 23,213 lb (10,529 kg) Gross weight: 40,928 lb (18,565 kg) Max takeoff weight: 45,328 lb (20,560 kg) Powerplant: 4 × ...
Disney and Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” has collected $1.2 billion at the global box office over the past month, the fifth-highest haul for an animated feature ever. Its $533.8 million domestic ...
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Private equity firm TPG plans to acquire AT&T's majority stake in DirecTV, giving TPG full ownership of the El Segundo-based company. Separately, DirecTV agreed to assume $9.9 billion of Dish's ...