A look at the unique design choices made for the MD-11 and earlier DC-10 trijets, and how this influenced the DC-10's success ...

When we think of McDonnell Douglas, we often picture robust airliners almost entirely lost to time today. But many of these historic aircraft come from before the Jet Age, when McDonnell Douglas was ...

At a time when the rest of the aerospace industry is thriving on rising demands for commercial and military planes and other sinews of the Viet Nam war, Santa Monica-based Douglas Aircraft Co. has run ...

Among the world’s plane builders, Douglas Aircraft was long the blue chip; its series of DC planes were the workhorses that hauled the biggest percentage of the world’s air travelers. But last week ...

A raucous and appreciative crowd of more than 200,000 gathered at Clover Park to welcome home the first planes to travel around the world. The planes were designed by Santa Monica-based Douglas ...