The Douglas Aircraft Company was an American aerospace company founded in 1921 by Donald Wills Douglas Sr. It manufactured the Douglas DC-3, the propeller airliner that had a lasting effect on the airline industry from the 1930s through the Second World War, before merging with McDonnell Aircraft in 1967 to form McDonnell Douglas. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Founded Year SignificanceAn American aerospace company that manufactured the Douglas DC-3, the propeller airliner that had a lasting effect on the airline industry from the 1930s through the Second World War. 1 HeadquartersSanta Monica and Long Beach, California 1 Merged IntoMcDonnell Douglas Corporation (1967 merger with McDonnell Aircraft) 1 Dissolved Year Douglas Aircraft Company
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The Douglas Aircraft Company was an American aerospace and defense company that was based in Southern California.
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It was founded in 1921 by Donald Wills Douglas Sr., and merged with McDonnell Aircraft in 1967 to form McDonnell Douglas, where it operated as a division.
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Headquarters: Santa Monica, California, and Long Beach, California, U.S.
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On April 28, 1967, after almost four years of merger talks, the two companies merged as McDonnell Douglas Corporation.
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It was founded in 1921 by Donald Wills Douglas Sr., and merged with McDonnell Aircraft in 1967 to form McDonnell Douglas, where it operated as a division.
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The Douglas Aircraft Company was an American aerospace and defense company that was based in Southern California.
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Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak (Wikipedia)
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It was designed in 1945 by the Douglas Aircraft Company for the U.S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics
Wikipedia: Douglas DC-3
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Douglas Aircraft Company
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Boeing (S-IC) North American Aviation, North American (S-II) Douglas Aircraft Company, Douglas (S-IVB)
Wikipedia: Douglas C-47 Skytrain
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Douglas Aircraft Company
McDonnell Douglas DC-9 (Wikipedia)
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The McDonnell Douglas DC-9 is an American five-abreast, single-aisle aircraft designed by the Douglas Aircraft Company.
Douglas X-3 Stiletto, Wikipedia
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The Douglas X-3 Stiletto is a 1950s United States experimental jet aircraft with a slender fuselage and a long tapered nose, manufactured by the Douglas Aircraft Company.
Douglas XB-31 (Wikipedia)
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was the design submitted by Douglas after the request by the United States Army Air Forces
Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket (Wikipedia)
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is a rocket and jet-powered research supersonic aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company for the United States Navy.
Douglas O-31 (Wikipedia)
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The Douglas O-31 was the Douglas Aircraft Company's first monoplane observation straight-wing aircraft used by the United States Army Air Corps.
Douglas O-43 (Wikipedia)
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The Douglas O-43 was a monoplane observation aircraft used by the United States Army Air Corps.
Douglas O-46 (Wikipedia)
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The O-46 was a development of the earlier Douglas O-43.
Douglas XP-48 (Wikipedia)
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The Douglas XP-48 was a small, lightweight fighter aircraft, designed by Douglas Aircraft in 1939 for evaluation by the U.S. Army Air Corps.
Douglas YOA-5 (Wikipedia)
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The Douglas YOA-5 was an amphibious aircraft designed for the United States Army Air Corps, based on the Navy's Douglas XP3D.
Douglas XT-30 (Wikipedia)
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The Douglas XT-30 was a proposed American military advanced trainer.
Douglas 1211-J (Wikipedia)
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The Douglas 1211-J was a bomber aircraft design developed by American aircraft manufacturer Douglas
Douglas 2229 (Wikipedia)
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Douglas Aircraft Company's Model 2229 was a proposed supersonic transport (SST) originally started as a private study.
Douglas DC-1 (Wikipedia)
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the first model of the famous American DC (Douglas Commercial) commercial transport aircraft series
Douglas DC-2 (Wikipedia)
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Douglas Aircraft Company starting in 1934
Douglas DC-4 (Wikipedia)
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developed by the Douglas Aircraft Company
Douglas DC-6 (Wikipedia)
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built by the Douglas Aircraft Company from 1946 to 1958
Douglas DC-7 (Wikipedia)
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built by the Douglas Aircraft Company from 1953 to 1958
Douglas DC-8 (Wikipedia)
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designed and produced by the American Douglas Aircraft Company
Douglas SBD Dauntless (Wikipedia)
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manufactured by Douglas Aircraft from 1940 through 1944
Douglas TBD Devastator (Wikipedia)
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The Douglas XTBD-1 was ordered on 30 June 1934 after being one of the winners of a US Navy competition
Douglas A-1 Skyraider (Wikipedia)
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designed and produced by American aerospace manufacturer Douglas Aircraft Company
Douglas A-3 Skywarrior (Wikipedia)
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developed and produced by the Douglas Aircraft Company
Douglas B-66 Destroyer (Wikipedia)
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designed and produced by the American aviation manufacturer Douglas Aircraft Company
Douglas A-20 Havoc (Wikipedia)
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The Douglas A-20 Havoc (company designation DB-7)
Douglas A-26 Invader (Wikipedia)
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Built by Douglas Aircraft Company during World War II
Douglas B-18 Bolo (Wikipedia)
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developed by the Douglas Aircraft Company from their DC-2
Douglas F3D Skyknight (Wikipedia)
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designed and manufactured by the Douglas Aircraft Company
Douglas F4D Skyray (Wikipedia)
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designed and produced by the Douglas Aircraft Company
Douglas C-124 Globemaster II (Wikipedia)
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built by the Douglas Aircraft Company in Long Beach, California
Douglas C-133 Cargomaster (Wikipedia)
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built between 1956 and 1961 by the Douglas Aircraft Company
Douglas C-74 Globemaster (Wikipedia)
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built by the Douglas Aircraft Company in Long Beach, California
Douglas DC-5 (Wikipedia)
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With the Douglas Aircraft Company already converting to World War II military production
Douglas DC-4E (Wikipedia)
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The Douglas DC-4E was an American experimental airliner
Douglas Dolphin (Wikipedia)
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The Douglas Dolphin is an American amphibious flying boat monoplane
Douglas Cloudster (Wikipedia)
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the only product of the Davis-Douglas Company
Douglas World Cruiser (Wikipedia)
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The Douglas Aircraft Company responded with a modified variant of their DT torpedo bomber
Douglas XB-19 (Wikipedia)
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produced by the Douglas Aircraft Company for the United States Army Air Forces
Douglas B-23 Dragon (Wikipedia)
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developed by the Douglas Aircraft Company as a successor to the B-18 Bolo
Douglas A2D Skyshark (Wikipedia)
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built by the Douglas Aircraft Company for the United States Navy
Douglas XB-42 Mixmaster (Wikipedia)
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The Douglas XB-42 Mixmaster is an experimental American bomber aircraft
Douglas XB-43 Jetmaster (Wikipedia)
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The Douglas XB-43 Jetmaster is an American 1940s jet-powered prototype bomber
Douglas F5D Skylancer (Wikipedia)
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The Douglas F5D Skylancer is a development of the F4D Skyray jet fighter for the United States Navy
Douglas F6D Missileer (Wikipedia)
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designed by Douglas Aircraft Company in response to a 1959 United States Navy requirement
Douglas C-54 Skymaster (Wikipedia)
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derived from a civilian airliner, the Douglas DC-4
Douglas O-2 (Wikipedia)
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built by the Douglas Aircraft Company
Douglas O-38 (Wikipedia)
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Between 1931 and 1934, Douglas built 156 O-38s for the Air Corps
Douglas XTB2D Skypirate (Wikipedia)
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The Douglas XTB2D Skypirate (also known as the Devastator II) was a torpedo bomber
Douglas C-132 (Wikipedia)
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proposed in the 1950s by the Douglas Aircraft Company
Douglas A-33 (Wikipedia)
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the Northrop Model 8 became known as the Douglas 8A produced in the El Segundo Division of Douglas aircraft
Douglas AC-47 Spooky (Wikipedia)
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The Douglas AC-47 Spooky (also nicknamed
Douglas T2D (Wikipedia)
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three identical aircraft built by Douglas, the T2D-1
Douglas Cloudster II (Wikipedia)
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Douglas Aircraft Company developed a configuration for high-performance twin-engined aircraft
Douglas C-1 (Wikipedia)
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produced by the Douglas Aircraft Corporation for the United States Army Air Service starting in 1925
Douglas DT (Wikipedia)
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The Douglas DT bomber was the Douglas Aircraft Company's first military contract
Douglas XP3D (Wikipedia)
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produced by the Douglas Aircraft Company to equip the US Navy's Patrol squadrons
Douglas BTD Destroyer (Wikipedia)
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the United States Navy placed an order with the Douglas Aircraft Company for two prototypes
Douglas XCG-17 (Wikipedia)
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The Douglas XCG-17 was an American assault glider
Douglas Y1B-7 (Wikipedia)
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the Douglas Aircraft Company designed a new twin-engined monoplane observation aircraft
Douglas XT3D (Wikipedia)
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developed by the Douglas Aircraft Company to meet a United States Navy requirement
Douglas XFD (Wikipedia)
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the first fighter to be built by the Douglas Aircraft Company
Douglas XA-2 (Wikipedia)
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converted from a Douglas O-2 observation aircraft in the spring of 1926 by Douglas Aircraft
Douglas O2D (Wikipedia)
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a design from Douglas Aircraft Company, the XO2D-1
Douglas Model 423 (Wikipedia)
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bomber aircraft design developed by American aircraft manufacturer Douglas
Douglas DA-1 Ambassador (Wikipedia)
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the same year it started the design of a new, more capable light aircraft, the Douglas DA-1
Douglas R4D-8 (Wikipedia)
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developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3S (Super DC-3) airliner
Douglas mailplanes (Wikipedia)
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designed and built by the Douglas Aircraft Company
Douglas DC-8 (piston airliner) (Wikipedia)
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piston-engined airliner project by Douglas Aircraft
Douglas DF (Wikipedia)
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a commercial flying boat built by Douglas Aircraft Company
Douglas CG-19 (Wikipedia)
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assault glider project conceived by the Douglas Aircraft Company
Douglas D-906 (Wikipedia)
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a paper project for a heavy lift transport by the Douglas Aircraft Company
Encyclopedia Astronautica: Thor
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developed by Douglas in 1956-1958
Thor-Agena (Wikipedia)
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The launch vehicles used the Douglas-built Thor first stage and the Lockheed-built Agena second stages.
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