The McDonnell XF-85 Goblin has been called the most bizarre aircraft ever built. In an era of spirited aircraft exploration, ...

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FedEx began acquiring MD-11s in the late 1990s as passenger airlines phased out the type. Over the years, the company has ...

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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 chief ...

Delta's 717 is soon to be retired, and the airline will be replacing the type's operations with the latest generation A220 ...

The space history hangar at the National Air and Space Museum annex in Northern Virginia will be named after aviation pioneer James S. McDonnell, Smithsonian Institution officials said. The James S.

On a freezing December night in 1928, a weird-looking little monoplane called “the Doodlebug” took off from a Milwaukee airfield and headed hopefully in the general direction of New York City.