A deep dive into the design behind the distinctive C-17.
The truth about the third wheel in the cockpit.
A set of hard-working airplanes with a colorful nickname, “Mad Dogs,” have earned a long afterlife for the name McDonnell Douglas, an aircraft maker that disappeared in a 1997 merger. But on Tuesday, ...
Douglas Aircraft started down a 30-year path toward extinction when it merged with McDonnell in 1967. McDonnell management prioritized military programs and was not willing to make the investment ...
The MD-11's once-thriving cargo operations have dwindled, with the vast majority of the remaining aircraft now stored rather ...
Why the MD-11 was one of the worst failures in modern aviation history.
Nobody wanted it. And when they got it, they didn’t love it much. They only tolerated it. It’s maker literally had to give it away at a below-cost price, and agree to take 100 percent of the risk in ...
Sanford Noyes "Sandy" McDonnell -- an engineer, businessman and philanthropist -- was CEO and then chairman of the board of McDonnell Douglas Corp., one of the country's largest aircraft manufacturers ...
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