McDonnell Aircraft

McDonnell Doodlebug 1929 The XP-67 bomber destroyer contract was received in September 1941 for a twin piston-engine fighter ... read more ... McDonnell XP-67 1941 McDonnell FH Phantom 1945 read more ... Following the success of the FH-1 Phantom in US Navy and US Marine service, McDonnell ... read more ... McDonnell F2H Banshee 1947 McDonnell XF-85 "Goblin" 1948 The McDonnell XF-85 Goblin was the only USAF aircraft ever conceived from the outset as ... read more ... The first prototype flew on October 20, 1948. Two built. Followed by F-101 ... read more ... McDonnell XF-88 1948 McDonnell F3H Demon 1951 The prototype of the Demon naval fighter proved to have poor stability, poor forward visibility and ... read more ... Designed for research into supersonic propeller design, the XF-88B flew for the first time on ... read more ... McDonnell XF-88B 1953 McDonnell F-101 Voodoo 1954 The McDonnell F-101 Voodoo was the inevitable follow-on to the company's XF-88 and was intended ... read more ... Designed originally to provide the US Navy and Marine Corps with a simple low-cost lightweight ... read more ... McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawk 1954 McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II 1958 For a quarter-century, the McDonnell F-4 Phantom II has risen from land and sea to ... read more ... When Douglas decided to proceed with construction of its first jet transport, the four-engined DC-8, ... read more ... McDonnell Douglas DC-8 1958 McDonnell Model 119/220 1959 The four-engine Model 119/220 was the first business, non-airline-type jet aircraft to receive an FAA ... read more ... Design study data on the DC-9, originally known as the Douglas Model 2086, were released ... read more ... McDonnell Douglas DC-9 1965 McDonnell Douglas DC-10 1970 First flight of original DC-10 Series 10, 29 August 1970; certified 29 July 1971; last delivery ... read more ... The first McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle made its maiden flight on 27 July 1972, giving ... read more ... McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle 1972 McDonnell Douglas YC-15 1975 Two YC-15 prototypes were built for the Air Force's advanced medium STOL transport (AMST) program. ... read more ... The F/A-18 design began as the Northrop YF-17 Cobra, one of two competing designs for ... read more ... McDonnell Douglas F-18 Hornet 1978 McDonnell Douglas MD-11 1990 Follow-on to DC-10; revealed at Paris Air Show 1985; British Caledonian ordered nine 3 December ... read more ... The first prototype flew in September 1991. Entered service in 1994. read more ... McDonnell Douglas C-17 Globemaster III 1991 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18E Super Hornet 1995 Latest development of the F/A-18 "Hornet". The first prototype flew on November ... read more ...