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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 ...
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.
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 ...
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Aircraft Type Photograph Build date First flight Last flight Operator Location Status Notes Ref. JA8001 DC-8-32 April 18th, 1960 July 16th, 1960 June 1974 Japan Air Lines: Haneda Airport, Tokyo, Japan: On static display Named "Fuji" by Japan Air Lines: N220RB DC-8-21 1958 Jan 1959 April 15, 1994 Douglas Aircraft Company; United Airlines ...