the first design built by McDonnell Aircraft, took its first flight. Often considered one of the biggest “what-ifs” in American aviation history, the XP-67, often nicknamed the “Bat” or ...

On this day in aviation history, January 26, 1945, the McDonnell FH Phantom, the first pure-jet aircraft developed for the United States Navy, made its first flight. While McDonnell’s second ...

The coveted Government contract for the first space capsule designed to carry a man into orbit around the earth (see SCIENCE) went last week to St. Louis’ McDonnell Aircraft Corp. The contract ...

a pilot flying McDonnell Douglas DC-10 widebody airliners converted into tanker planes for a New Mexico-based company called 10Tanker. The DC-10 is one of dozens of aircraft assisting in fighting ...

That merger combined the then number one commercial aircraft manufacturer (Boeing ... Although Boeing paid $13.5 Billion for McDonnell Douglas, the union functioned largely as a merger, combining ...