After much hesitation, McDonnell Douglas collaborated wit General Electric to retrofit Series 60 aircraft with the then-new CFM56-2 engine. The 'Super Seventies' turned out to be a major success ...

The McDonnell Douglas MD-80 was the last American-built aircraft to feature an analog cockpit. The aircraft entered commercial service with Swissair in October 1980, and became a mainstay of ...

McDonnell Douglas faltered because it couldn't keep up with the success Boeing and Airbus were having. By the time Boeing took an interest in its competitor, McDonnell Douglas was only developing ...

The United States Navy’s first pre-production variant of the Phantom, the McDonnell Douglas YF4H-1 (142259), on its maiden flight on May 27, 1958, flown by company Chief Test Pilot Robert C. Little.

For Douglas, whose prop-driven DC-3s, DC-6s and DC-7s ruled the airways for two decades, the DC-9 represents a major comeback. The firm got badly beaten by Boeing in developing and selling the ...

McDonnell Douglas then issued variants on the DC-10 that could go the distance. The DC-10-10 model was followed by the DC-10-30 and DC-10-40 models, both of which had dramatically improved range ...

Even “Top Gun” couldn't save the F/A-18 Super Hornet. Boeing announced Thursday that it expects to end production of the fighter jet in late 2025 after a final delivery to the U.S. Navy ...

That equipment failure prevented the McDonnell Douglas MD-87 from becoming airborne. SEE ALSO: Texas plane crash: No one seriously injured after MD-87 jet heading to Boston crashes on takeoff.

Tags: McDonnell Douglas, Military History, U.S. Air Force, World War II, and XP-67 Moonbat McDonnell XP-67 “Moonbat”: The Plane That Didn’t Quite Work March 27, 2025 ...

Several possible factors were investigated but, in the end, the National Transportation Safety Board determined the crash was because the McDonnell Douglas MD-82 wasn't properly configured for ...

Re: “Hoping for recovery, Boeing bosses look to the future, deflect questions on the 737 MAX crashes” : With the acquisition of McDonnell Douglas, Boeing absorbed a cadre of executives who ...