While high wing loading benefits cruise performance and reduces turbulence sensitivity, it forces a very narrow landing ...

According to the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the MD-11 demonstrated the highest rate of hard landing ...

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 ...

Douglas Aircraft started down a 30-year path toward extinction when it merged with McDonnell in 1967. McDonnell management prioritized military programs and was not willing to make the investment ...

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 ...

Federal aviation officials expanded their emergency airworthiness directive to include McDonnell Douglas DC-10 aircraft ...