Proving to be one of the most flexible transport aircraft in United States Air Force history, the McDonnell Douglas/Boeing ...

The F/A-18 Hornet is one of the most iconic and versatile combat aircraft in modern naval aviation. Developed by Northrop and ...

The finished Phantom served as proof of concept that a jet could indeed operate from an aircraft carrier. Yet the Phantom itself underperformed.

When James Smith McDonnell decided in 1939 at the age of 40 to start his own planemaking company, scoffers told him he was foolish because the aircraft industry was “overcrowded.” He quit as ...

Of his original $200,000, McDonnell did get $10,000 from Laurance Rockefeller. Later, Laurance and his family (TIME, Jan. 31, 1949) increased their investment in McDonnell Aircraft to $475,000 ...

Gift of McDonnell Aircraft Corporation. Long Description McDonnell XV-1 Convertiplane Early helicopter engineers soon realized that retreating blade-stall would greatly limit the maximum forward speed ...

McDonnell Aircraft founder James McDonnell had a thing for the supernatural. In 1945, he unveiled the FH Phantom, the first jet-powered fighter ever to land on a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier.

Designed primarily to defend the gigantic Convair B-36 and Northrop’s planed B-35 flying wing bomber, the XF-85 project began with two prototypes in 1947 built by McDonnell Aircraft. It was ...

McDonnell Aircraft Corp. Physical Description Extended nose section and cockpit with reconnaissance array. Summary RF-101A/C aircraft of the 363rd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing flew vital ...