Airlines loved the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 for its versatility: it could carry 90-135 passengers, depending on variant and configuration, and could operate from smaller airports. Over the years, ...

Douglas was the world's top manufacturer before the 707, and while Boeing became larger during the Jet Age, Douglas continued ...

Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman are all names most people have heard, especially if you're in the aeronautical industry or simply an enthusiast. A name nobody hears nearly as frequently ...

At a time when the rest of the aerospace industry is thriving on rising demands for commercial and military planes and other sinews of the Viet Nam war, Santa Monica-based Douglas Aircraft Co. has run ...

Among the world’s plane builders, Douglas Aircraft was long the blue chip; its series of DC planes were the workhorses that hauled the biggest percentage of the world’s air travelers. But last week ...

In the late 1930s, the Douglas Aircraft Company developed a new bomber to address and even rectify the shortcomings of the unloved twin-engine B-18 Bolo Bomber. Initially, Douglas had proposed a ...