McDonnell Douglas Facts for Kids

McDonnell Douglas was a major American aircraft manufacturing company. It was formed by the merger of McDonnell Aircraft and the Douglas Aircraft Company in 1967. In 1997 it merged with Boeing. The company designed and built a number of well-known commercial and military aircraft such as the DC-10 airliner and F-15 Eagle air-superiority fighter.

McDonnell Douglas was based at Lambert–St. Louis International Airport near St. Louis, Missouri. The McDonnell Douglas Technical Services Company (MDTSC), headquarters were in unincorporated St. Louis County, Missouri.

List of civil planes and propeller airliners by McDonnell Douglas

Douglas DC-2 was the basis for the B-18 Bolo
Douglas DC-3 was the basis for the Douglas C-47 Skytrain, Lisunov Li-2, Nakajima L2D, Basler BT-67, Conroy Turbo Three and Conroy Tri-Turbo-Three
Douglas DC-4 was the basis for the C-54 Skymaster, Canadair North Star, Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair
Douglas DC-9 was the basis for the McDonnell Douglas C-9
McDonnell Douglas DC-10 was the basis for the McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender and DC-10 Air Tanker

Douglas F3D Skyknight
Douglas DC-8
Thor Able with Pioneer 1 at Cape Canaveral, Florida
Assembly of the DC-9 and DC-10 at the Long Beach plant, 1974
McDonnell Douglas DC-10
USAF F-15C during an Operation Noble Eagle patrol
KC-10 Extender during refueling
McDonnell Douglas T-45 Goshawk assembly line, c. 1988
McDonnell Douglas MD-12 aircraft concept
The McDonnell Douglas YC-15 was used as the base for the C-17.
McDonnell Douglas DC-9
Built from 1988–2000, the MD-11 was the last McDonnell Douglas widebody aircraft.
F/A-18E Super Hornet
MD 500 Helicopter.