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With the rapid development of jet engine technology and near-supersonic flight, this technological lag resulted in Curtiss losing a number of critical postwar military aircraft orders. The final nail in the coffin was the choice of the Northrop F-89 Scorpion over the XF-87 Blackhawk .
ROTARY AIR FORCE – Rotary Air Force Inc (Canada) ROTEC – Rotec Engineering Inc (United States) ROTORWAY – Rotorway Aircraft Inc (United States); Rotorway International (United States) ROUCHAUD – F.Rouchaud, Construction Aéronautique (France) ROUSSEAU – Etablissements Rousseau Aéronautique (France); Rousseau Aviation (France)
He left in 1938 to try again with his own firm, McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, based at St. Louis, Missouri in 1939. [3] World War II was a major boost to the new company. It grew from 15 employees in 1939 to 5,000 at the end of the war and became a significant aircraft parts producer, and developed the XP-67 Bat fighter prototype. [ 4 ]
Jet Aviation is a Basel-based provider of business aviation services. Founded in Switzerland in 1967, it provides aircraft sales, maintenance, and charters using its fleet of more than 200 aircraft. Since 2008, Jet Aviation has been a subsidiary of General Dynamics and employs approximately 4,000 staff across Europe, Asia, and the Americas. [2]
The reliability of J-5 Whirlwind engines also led aviators to use them for a number of record-setting distance and endurance flights. The most famous of these is Charles Lindbergh's solo transatlantic flight from New York City to Paris on May 20–21, 1927, in the Spirit of St. Louis, powered by a single Whirlwind J-5C. During Lindbergh's ...
Braniff then set on exploring new markets for the company that bore his last name. In 1936, Braniff headed to Brazil, and he returned to St. Louis convinced that the company would do great economically if established in South America. The carrier was awarded a 7719-mile route from the Mainland US to far South America in 1946 with service ...
Corporate Airlines Flight 5966 was a scheduled passenger flight from St. Louis, Missouri to Kirksville, Missouri. On October 19, 2004, the Jetstream 32 aircraft operating the flight crashed on approach to Kirksville Regional Airport as a result of pilot error, killing 13 of the 15 people aboard.
Improper maintenance: use of counterfeit aircraft parts 55 Highest death toll involving a Convair 580; loosening of vertical stabilizer due to excessive wear on mounting bolts 1989-09-19 UTA Flight 772: Ténéré, Niger 16.86493°N 11.953712°E, Sahara Desert McDonnell Douglas DC-10: Terrorist bombing 170