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3 days ago · The resulting A-3 Skywarrior, designed by the legendary Douglas Aircraft Company designer Ed Heinemann, first took flight on 28 October 1952 and was officially introduced to the fleet in 1956.
17 hours ago · The plane rolled off the assembly line at the Douglas Aircraft Factory in Midwest City on March 7, 1944, a little less than three months before D-Day. "Half of all the C-47s used in WWII were built or modified to the Army's specs at the Douglas plant," says journalist and author Jim Willis. The plane had two 1,200-horsepower motors, could reach ...
5 days ago · Built by the Douglas Aircraft Co., the DC-3 began its long and storied career as a civilian aircraft in the 1930s. The company made more than 600 DC-3s before converting to military...
1 day ago · THE DOUGLAS C-47D SKYTRAIN: The C-47D Skytrain is a low-wing, twin-engine, piston-powered military transport airplane built by the Douglas Aircraft Company of the United States. The Skytrain, which took its maiden flight on December 23, 1941, was based on the company’s successful DC-3 airliner, which was developed and entered service in the ...
2 days ago · The heritage Boeing, McDonnell Douglas and North American Aviation companies provided technology, know-how and military aircraft to Australia during World War II, including the highly successful DC-3, the Dolphin, the Boston, the B-25 Mitchell bomber and the Australian produced P-51 Mustang.
2 days ago · Boeing X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing. The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet is an all-weather supersonic, twin-engine, carrier -capable, multirole combat aircraft, designed as both a fighter and attack aircraft (hence the F/A designation ). Designed by McDonnell Douglas and Northrop, the F/A-18 was derived from the latter's YF-17 in the 1970s for ...
4 days ago · China's partnership with McDonnell Douglas to develop aircraft failed due to high costs and Boeing's acquisition, causing financial losses and a pivot to Airbus. After the MD-90 failure, China partnered with Airbus on the AE100, but high costs, transparency issues, and market misalignment led to its termination, raising doubts about China's ...
