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  2. Douglas Aircraft Company - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. McDonnell Douglas - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. McDonnell Douglas DC-9 - Wikipedia

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    The unfavorable early economics of the type negatively impacted Douglas, pushing it into fiscal hardship. However, the high customer demand for the DC-9 made the company attractive for either an acquisition or a merger; [18] Douglas would merge with the American aerospace company McDonnell Aircraft to form McDonnell Douglas in 1967. [13] [19]

  5. McDonnell 119 - Wikipedia

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    It is the only airplane built by McDonnell Aircraft to be marketed to civil buyers prior to the company's merger with Douglas Aircraft to form McDonnell Douglas. [ N 1 ] The jet could be outfitted for 10 passengers in a luxury executive configuration and could carry as many as 29.

  6. McDonnell Aircraft Corporation - Wikipedia

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    The McDonnell Aircraft Corporation was an American aerospace manufacturer based in St. Louis, Missouri.The company was founded on July 6, 1939, by James Smith McDonnell, and was best known for its military fighters, including the F-4 Phantom II, and crewed spacecraft including the Mercury capsule and Gemini capsule.

  7. Jack Frye - Wikipedia

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    In 1932 Jack Frye, representing T&WA, sought a better aircraft and in response to this and other requests, Douglas Aircraft Company developed the Douglas DC-1 Transport twin. [ 1 ] In February 1934, Jack Frye and Eddie Rickenbacker , President of Eastern Airlines , set a transcontinental record of 13 hours and 4 minutes flying the Douglas DC-1 ...

  8. Donald Wills Douglas Sr. - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. Donald Wills Douglas Jr. - Wikipedia

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    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 ...