Douglas Aircraft Company extensively pursued an unconventional aircraft design in the mid-1940s, characterized by multiple buried engines, long drive shafts, and an aft-mounted pusher propeller. This ...

December 17, 1935, saw the first flight of the Douglas Sleeper Transport, or DST, which marked the first variant of the DC-3 series. One last major offensive in World War II is worth reflection upon ...

The Douglas A-1 Skyraider was designed for the US Navy in the final years of World War II. The A-1, a piston-engine propeller plane, held its own even as the US embraced jet-powered aircraft. When the ...

On this day in aviation history, February 20, 1939, the Douglas DC-5 made its first flight. Less remembered than its cousins, the DC-5 was poised to make advancing strides in the field of civil ...

Sunday saw a crowd of nearly 3,000 gather on the north side of Santa Monica Airport to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first ever flight around the world. This amazing achievement was ...

The history of flight is, perhaps, one of the most astonishing stories we've ever told as a species. It's surreal to think just how fast tremendous advances in the field were made: There were ...

Bigger is better in the U.S. Military. Be it artillery pieces, missiles, machine guns, and, yes, airplanes. But what happens when an aircraft is so huge, so ungodly massive, and certifiably chunky ...

Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman are all names most people have heard, especially if you're in the aeronautical industry or simply an enthusiast. A name nobody hears nearly as frequently ...

At its El Segundo plant in Los Angeles this week, Douglas Aircraft Co. rolled out its latest attack bomber for the Navy, a jet called the A4D and a member of an unusual new family of U.S. warplanes.