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McDonnell Douglas

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McDonnell Douglas

US aircraft manufacturer, formed in 1967 in a merger. Douglas, founded in 1920 by Donald W Douglas (1892–1981), was known for its DC (Douglas Commercial) planes from the 1930s; McDonnell, founded in 1939 by James S McDonnell (1899–1980), was the first company to make jet-propelled planes to operate from aircraft carriers. Based in St Louis, Missouri, it merged with the Boeing Company (under the Boeing name) in 1997.



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