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 ...

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 ...