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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 .
Feb 19, 2022 · How James McDonnell Grew The McDonnell Aircraft Corporation. We previously covered how Donald W. Douglas and his family developed their aircraft manufacturer into a United States industry legend in the mid-20th century. Another pioneer, James Smith McDonnell, also grew an aviation powerhouse during the same period.
James McDonnell (born 12 January 2000) is an Ireland international rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row forward for the Leeds Rhinos in the Super League .
James Smith McDonnell (born April 9, 1899, Denver, Colorado, U.S.—died August 22, 1980, St. Louis, Missouri) was an American aerospace executive who spearheaded the merger of McDonnell Aircraft Corporation and Douglas Aircraft Company in 1967.
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.
Sep 28, 2023 · James Smith McDonnell Jr. was one of the most significant aerospace industrialists of the twentieth century, building McDonnell-Douglas into the second largest military and commercial aviation corporation in the United States.
James Smith McDonnell. Pilot, Engineer, & Entrepreneur. Born: April 9, 1899 in Denver, Colorado. Death: August 22nd, 1980. Enshrined: 1977. Formed the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation in 1939 and developed the XP-67 fighter.
James Smith McDonnell was an aeronautical engineer and businessman whose foresight and dynamic leadership created one of the world's great aerospace manufacturing organizations. He was born in Denver, Colorado, on April 9, 1899, and died on August 22, 1980, in St. Louis, Missouri.
His bold and dramatic work captures significant achievements in flight, space travel and world history. Portraying more than a century of milestones, the Prologue Room showcases aircraft and spacecraft that shaped aerospace history and the achievements of thousands who turned dreams into reality.
James Smith McDonnell graduated with honors in physics from Princeton University and earned a masters degree in aeronautical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1924. McDonnell recognized the need for an engineer to know how to fly an airplane and so joined the Army Air Corps.
