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	PBS - Chasing the Sun - Douglas Aircraft
		Douglas purchased the abandoned lot of the Herman Film Corporation and based his company - newly re-named the Douglas Aircraft Company - in Santa Monica, California.
		The Douglas DC-1, DC-2 and DC-3 were the most innovative planes of their era.
		Douglas ended up having to split the domestic airline market for mid-range widebodies with its competitor, Lockheed, which produced the similar L-1011.
	www.pbs.org /kcet/chasingthesun/companies/douglas.html (771 words)

	Aircraft: Douglas A-26C Invader
		The aircraft at the March Field Museum is a C model serial number 44-35224.
		It was built by Douglas Aircraft in Tulsa, Oklahoma and delivered to the Army Air Force on 26 March 1945.
		In 1981, it was flown to the museum from Arizona and in 1999 the aircraft was restored and painted in the markings of the 3rd Bomb Wing, 13th Bomb Squadron in which it flew in the Korean War.
	www.marchfield.org /a26c.htm (1476 words)

	Douglas Aircraft From the Late 1930s
		The Douglas DC-3 was not the only Douglas aircraft of the late 1930s and 1940s.
		Douglas had the four-engine DC-4, but it did not have a pressurized cabin, was slower, and could carry fewer people.
		Douglas had more success meeting the Lockheed Constellation competition with its DC-6, which was first delivered to United and American airlines in November 1946 and which entered service on April 27, 1947 with United Airlines.
	www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Aerospace/Douglas_later/Aero30.htm (1848 words)

	The Passing of an Era
		Although Douglas took the firm that his aviation pioneer father created into the space age, and developed successful airliners, these achievements came after the dramatic early days, and he never achieved the glamour that was attached to his father.
		Douglas moved to McDonnell's base in St Louis to become senior vice-president of the new McDonnell Douglas firm, which was a key developer of the F18 Hornet, as well as cruise missiles.
		Douglas is survived by his wife Linda, a daughter, Victoria Douglas Thoreson, from an earlier marriage, brothers James and Malcolm and two grandchildren.
	flatrock.org.nz /topics/flying/obituary_donald_douglas_jr.htm (926 words)

	Douglas DC-3 VH-ANR, in Australia during WW2
		The aircraft was ferried from Sydney to Melbourne for overhaul and modifications on 23 September 1969.
		On 3/3/1942 this aircraft was flown to Boeabatoe Road, which is on the outskirts of Bandoeng to await the arrival of His Excellency, the Lieutenant Governor General Dr H Van Mook who was to be evacuated to Australia.
		Aircraft was reportedly the only aircraft in 36 Squadrons inventory that was not camouflaged as it was finished in bare metal with the U.S.A.A.F stars and reportedly only operated as far north as Horn Island.
	home.st.net.au /~dunn/usaaf/vh-anr.htm (2917 words)

	Fighter Factory - A-26 Invader
		Douglas Aircraft Corporation’s designer, Edward Heinemann, met with Army officials to get their ideas on the ideal airplane specifications.
		The first experimental Douglas A-26 Invader flew in July 1942 and exceeded all of the performance standards including the ability to carry twice the bomb load as required.
		Douglas A-26 Invaders were used in the European theater, the Korean War, and Vietnam.
	www.fighterfactory.net /restoration/a-26-invader-aircraft.php (358 words)

	U.S. Military Aircraft Designation Systems
		Aircraft with this status prefix were exempt from compliance with routine technical directives, as they were bailed to manufacturers or equipment companies for special test or development programs.
		Aircraft with this mission were modified to operate as carriers of parasite aircraft.
		Aircraft in special test program by authorized activities or on bailment contract where the configuration changes so drastically that returning to the original operational configuration is impractical or uneconomical.
	www.personal.psu.edu /users/d/o/dob104/aviation/us/system.html (1131 words)

	Military Factory - Douglas Skytrain Transport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Few aircraft are as well known or were so widely used for so long as the C-47 or "Gooney Bird" as it was nicknamed.
		The aircraft was adapted from the Douglas DC-3 commercial airliner which appeared in 1936.
		The Douglas Aircraft Corporation manufactured the C-47 in the Air Park in Long Beach, Calif., and delivered it to the Army Air Force Oct. 23, 1943.
	www.militaryfactory.com /aircraft/popup.asp?aircraft_id=111 (733 words)

	Aircraft, Arkansas Air Museum at Drake Field, Fayetteville, Arkansas
		Known as the Texan by the USAAC and the Harvard in the RAF, the AT-6 was the main advanced trainer for single-engine aircraft.
		The use of light aircraft as the eyes of the army is as old as the airplane itself; however, at the outset of the Second World War it was still an unorthodox role.
		Douglas Webber and Noel Hockaday intended the Eaglet to be a "thousand-dollar" airplane for everyman.
	www.arkairmuseum.org /aircraft (847 words)

	Donald W. Douglas.
		Douglas' new company steadily grew stronger, building planes for the army air corps, the army, and the U.S. Post Office in the 1920s.
		Douglas earned a reputation as a master aircraft builder and attracted the best talent in the country.
		Douglas' reputation was so great that Fortune magazine wrote in 1941 that "the development of the airplane in the days between the wars is the greatest engineering story there ever was, and in the heart of it is Donald Douglas."
	www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Dictionary/douglas/DI130.htm (337 words)

	Douglas DC-2 - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In the early 1930s safety fears about wooden structured aircraft (implicated in the crash of a Fokker tri-motor which killed Knute Rockne) led the American aviation industry look to implement aircraft of all-metal construction.
		This former US Navy aircraft is painted in the Uiver's KLM colour scheme and is sometimes seen on airshows in Europe.
		c/n 1368: A former Pan Am aircraft that was used by the Douglas historical foundation until the merger with Boeing in 1997.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/DC-2 (685 words)

	Moonport, CH9-3
		The Douglas S-IV GSE to be utilized at Sacramento [the contractor's test area] is designed and built with a complete disregard for instructions contained in the three referenced memorandums [minutes of March and May meetings mailed to Douglas as official working documents].
		Douglas officials and Sparkman agreed that the control networks for SA-5 (the first two-stage Saturn I launch) could not be completed until the loading issue was resolved.
		Douglas officials refused to yield until Col. Lee B. James, Saturn I-IB Project Manager in Huntsville, notified company management that LOC was responsible for the quality of S-IV stage equipment at the Cape.
	www.hq.nasa.gov /office/pao/History/SP-4204/ch9-3.html (763 words)

	McDonnell Douglas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Douglas continued to develop new aircraft, including the successful four-engined DC-6 (1946) and their last prop-driven commercial aircraft, the DC-7 (1953).
		Douglas was strained by the cost of the DC-8 and DC-9, and the companies began to sound each other out about a merger.
		The oil crisis of the 1970s was a serious shock to the commercial aviation industry and McDonnell Douglas was forced to contract heavily and also began to diversify to reduce the impact of potential future downturns.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/McDonnell_Douglas (1159 words)

	A-4M Skyhawk
		The importance of the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk, for the Quonset Air Museum, is the fact that first operational A-4 Squadron was VA-72, stationed at N.A.S. Quonset Point.
		While this aircraft was never used operationally in a squadron, the A-4M is historically significant in the fact that it is the first A-4M produced.
		The aircraft spent it’s entire career as a test and evaluation example to prove the various changes and improvements of the M model and insure compatibility at the squadron level before squadrons became operational with this final new version of the Skyhawk.
	users.ids.net /~qam/AircraftPages/a4mskyhawk.html (234 words)

	Fred Cox DC-8 Jet Collection - DC-9 Project 2086 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Approximately 1 year after terminating Project 2067, Douglas Aircraft Corporation announced in October, 1961 that it was proposing a new two engine jetliner which could profitably operate over very short airline sectors of 300-500 miles, and up to 1000 miles.
		In the end, it was Donald Douglas Senior who made the choice of which design type that would be implemented and that, of course, was the rear mounted engines with the "T" tail design which we know and love as the Douglas DC-9.
		Douglas was actually leaning toward the wing mounted engine design (as the model above depicts) but was persuaded by his staff that the tail mounted engines would make the cabin much quieter and thus have more passenger appeal.
	www.dc-8jet.com /dac-dc9-p2086.htm (508 words)

	Douglas DC-3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		TWA had asked Douglas to produce an aircraft that would be able to take off from any TWA destination after one engine failure.
		Other early Douglas operators in Europe were Swissair and Air France (with both the DC-2 and DC-3), Aktiebolaget Aerotransport of Sweden, Sabena of Belgium and LOT Polish Airlines.
		Douglas Propliners DC-1 - DC-7, by Arthur Pearcy, by Airlife (1995).
	www.ruudleeuw.com /dc3_history.htm (2120 words)

	WingInfo
		Upon entry into the civilian aviation fleet the aircraft was given the identification registration number and call sign N-7227-C. While in the service of the Aero Services Corp., 27-C was used as a high altitude mapping aircraft and completed assignments in the North West United States, Venezuela, and the length of Chile.
		The aircraft was used as a electronic geophysical and magnetometer platform for field surveys in the North Sea area north and east of Scotland along with extensive coverage of the North slope regions of Alaska.
		The aircraft was painted in military colors and nose markings were applied as "Texas Raiders" with a Texas State flag by the CAF in 1970.
	www.gulfcoastwing.org /about-tr.htm (915 words)

	The Probert Encyclopaedia - Aircraft of the World
		The Fokker-VFW F 28 Fellowship aircraft was launched as a successor to the F 27 in 1962.
		The Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, is an American company involved in the design and manufacture of advanced helicopters for commercial, industrial and military uses.
		The UH-60 (Black Hawk) aircraft was developed in 1978, and is a US military workhorse, used in the combat assault squad transport mode and can also be configured as a medevac aircraft.
	www.fas.org /news/reference/probert/I.HTM (6898 words)

	F-15 Eagle \| Patrick's Aviation
		The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle has its origin back in the mid-1960s, when the US aircraft industry was invited to study US Air Force requirements for an advanced tactical fighter that would replace the F-4 Phantom as the primary fighter aircraft in service with the USAF.
		The McDonnell Douglas proposal was a large, single-seat aircraft with twin-fins and a pair of turbofan engins.
		On December 23, 1969, the McDonnell Douglas proposal was named the winner of the contest, and the company was authorized to proceed with the design and development phase, to build and test twenty Full Scale Development (FSD) aircraft, and to manufacture 107 single-seat F-15s and two-seat TF-15s.
	www.patricksaviation.com /aircraft/F-15 (1718 words)

	Commemorative Air Force - Dallas/Fort Worth Wing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The aircraft was accepted by the U.S. Navy that month and assigned to the Naval Air Transport Squadron Three (VR-3), at NAS Olathe, KS., from October 25.
		The interior of the aircraft was altered to a transport standard, with commercial airliner seating and cabin liner.
		The aircraft's records revealed that she had been used as an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft, primarily for the training of crews in the use of new ASW equipment.
	www.dfwwing.com /R4D.html (1964 words)

	Dedication Ceremony Held for C-9 Nightingale
		The C-9 is the only aircraft in the Air Force inventory specifically designed for movement of litter and ambulatory patients.
		Mary Ann Tonne, chief nurse of the 375th Aeromedical Airlift Wing, was on hand to accept the aircraft from Donald Douglas Jr., president of the Douglas Aircraft Division of the McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Corporation.
		The aircraft, tail number 878, was transferred to Lackland AFB in March from the National Museum of the United States Air Force.
	www.military.com /features/0,15240,112179,00.html?ESRC=airforcenews.RSS (580 words)

	Douglas RD Series
		Douglas RD-4; "One of the huge flying life boats of the U.S. Coast Guard Air Station at Biloxi, Miss., taxiing in the waters of the Bay of Biloxi, just before a flight over the Gulf of Mexico on patrol and rescue duties." Photo Number 35, no date.
		Douglas RD-4 in the New York City area; No caption/number/date; photographer unknown.
		The U.S. Coast Guard aircraft register for 1933 shows the RD named Procyon CG-27 based at Cape May, New Jersey, and allocated the international radio call-sign 'NUMRG' and Coast Guard call-sign "24 G." Apparently this first production aircraft was delivered to the USCG in New York direct from the Douglas factory in February 1931.
	www.uscg.mil /history/WEBAIRCRAFT/Douglas_RD.html (391 words)

	Dragon 50148 - Diecast Model F-15 Eagle USAF 71st TFS, 1st TFW, Langley AFB, VA: The Flying Mule
		McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Corporation recognized the 71st in July 1991, for achieving 110,000 flying hours without a serious mishap.
		The aircraft range from classic WWII warbirds to modern jet fighters.
		Aircraft in the Warbirds series make a perfect compliment to other 1:72 models from Corgi, Sun Star Air Command and Gaincorp World Aircraft Collection.
	www.flyingmule.com /products/DM-50148 (333 words)

	Douglas Aircraft Company Specimen - RARE
		The aircraft was designed to fly non-stop coast-to-coast, did not complete the flight but was the first aircraft to lift a load exceeding its own weight.
		Douglas leased the abandoned buildings of the Herman Film Corporation at 2345 Wilshire Boulevard in Santa Monica, California, where he built the Douglas World Cruiser.
		The leased plants were closed at the end of the war, but Douglas continued to produce commercial and military transports, jet fighters, missiles and rockets.
	www.scripophily.net /dougaircomsp.html (704 words)

	Systems of Designation
		During the period from 1909 to 1919, there was no organized system of designation for Army aircraft; all aircraft were operated by the designations of individual manufacturers.
		Aircraft were designated by a letter assigned to the current manufacturers.
		However, on March 10, 1923, it was decided that the emphasis should be placed on type of aircraft, not the manufacturer, so the manufacturer's letter was placed after the mission letter.
	www.driko.org /usdes2.html (1076 words)

	Carolinas Aviation Museum - Piedmont Airlines Douglas DC-3 N44V
		This aircraft created the world's first affordable and reliable air transport from its introduction in 1935, and was a key aircraft through the mid-1950s.Universally recognized as one of the greatest aircraft ever built, the DC-3 traces its proud lineage back to the early 1930s.
		Eventually, Piedmont Airlines operated 24 of these magnificent aircraft, with the final flight occurring exactly fifteen years to the date of the first flight with the airline.
		Aircraft assigned to Nashville AP, TN (Official Army Air Force records indicate the aircraft MAY have served in Europe briefly.
	www.carolinasaviation.org /collections/aircraft/dc3n44v.html (1179 words)

	Douglas Aircraft
		Donald Douglas got his start in aviation working for the Glenn L. Martin Co. in 1915.
		Douglas continued after World War II with a dominant series of commercial aircraft.
		Douglas Aircraft was acquired by McDonnell in 1967 to form McDonnell Douglas.
	www.shanaberger.com /douglas.htm (122 words)

	Douglas DC-5 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Douglas DC-5, the least well-known of the famous DC airliner series, was a 16-seat, twin-propeller aircraft intended for shorter routes than the DC-3 or DC-4.
		By the time it entered commercial service in 1940, many airlines were canceling orders due to World War II, and the Douglas corporation was already converting to war production.
		The other four planes were sold to KLM and used by their colonial subsidiaries; two of them later operated in Australia, and in 1948 the last surviving DC-5 was apparently smuggled to Israel for possible military use.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Douglas_DC-5 (200 words)

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