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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 ...
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 × ...
90 Days was a video news magazine produced by McDonnell Douglas in St. Louis, MO and distributed at the end of every business quarter (hence the show's title) through the mail to employees and shareholders of the company in VHS format. From its inception in September 1989 until the final episode in 1996 under the "90 Days" title, the program ...
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.
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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 ...
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 ...