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James Smith "Mac" McDonnell (April 9, 1899 – August 22, 1980) was an American aviator, engineer, and businessman. He was an aviation pioneer and founder of McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, later McDonnell Douglas (which is now Boeing, after the latter's company merger in 1997), and the James S. McDonnell Foundation.
Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum, St. Louis; James S. McDonnell Prologue Room, St. Louis [63] National Museum of Transportation, St. Louis; Nicholas-Beazley Aviation Museum, Marshall [64] TWA Museum, Kansas City, Missouri [65]
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.
Between then and its own merger with Boeing in 1997, it produced well-known commercial and military aircraft, such as the DC-10 and the MD-80 airliners, the F-15 Eagle air superiority fighter, and the F/A-18 Hornet multirole fighter. The corporation's headquarters were at St. Louis Lambert International Airport, near St. Louis, Missouri.
Boeing was one of seven competing companies that bid for the Advanced Tactical Fighter. Boeing agreed to team with General Dynamics and Lockheed so that all three companies would participate in the development if one of the three companies' designs was selected. The Lockheed design was eventually selected and developed into the F-22 Raptor. [40]
St. Louis Lambert International Airport (IATA: STL, ICAO: KSTL, FAA LID: STL) is the primary international airport serving metropolitan St. Louis, Missouri, United States.. Commonly referred to as Lambert Field or simply Lambert, it is the largest and busiest airport in the state of Miss
Boeing worked closely with Ball Aerospace, Aurora Flight Sciences, Ford Motor Co. and MAHLE Powertrain to develop the Phantom Eye. [5] The Phantom Eye was revealed to the press at a ceremony at Boeing's facilities in St Louis, Missouri, on July 12, 2010. [2] The Phantom Eye demonstrator is a 60–70% scale design of an objective system.
The brick structure featured a cast Curtiss Wright emblem across the doorway. The first occupant of Hangar 2 was St. Louis based Union Electric Company. Its Ford 4-AT-B was used for corporate transport and line patrols, and is now part of the National Naval Aviation Museum. [2] Later it was used for the East St. Louis Flying School.