Douglas Aircraft Company

Douglas Aircraft Company

Panoga	Letalska/vesoljska
Ustanovitev	1921
Ukinitev	1967
Usoda	Združitev v McDonnell Aircraft Corporation leta 1967
Naslednik	McDonnell Douglas
Sedež	Santa Monica,Kalifornija
Produkti	Letala, vesoljska tehnika

Douglas DC-3

Douglas DC-6

SAS DC-6

Douglas XTB2D-1 Skypirate

Douglas C-47 Skytrain

Douglas Aircraft Company je bil ameriški proizvajalec letal, raket in vesoljske tehnike. Podjetje je ustanovil Donald Wills Douglas leta 1921 v Južni Kaliforniji. Leta 1967 se je podjetje združilo s podjetjem McDonnell Aircraft v McDonnell Douglas (MD). McDonnell Douglas se je leta 1997 združil z Boeingom.

Letala

• Douglas 1211-J
• Douglas 2229
• Douglas A-1 Skyraider (1945)
• Douglas XA-2 (1920.)
• Douglas A-3 Skywarrior (1952)
• Douglas A-4 Skyhawk (1954)
• Douglas A-20 Havoc (1938)
• Douglas A-26 Invader (1942)
• Douglas A-33 (1941)
• Douglas A2D Skyshark (1950)
• Douglas Y1B-7, B-7, O-35 (1931)
• Douglas B-18 Bolo (1935)
• Douglas XB-19 (1941)
• Douglas XB-22 (1930.)
• Douglas B-23 Dragon (1939)
• Douglas XB-31
• Douglas XB-42 Mixmaster, XA-42 Mixmaster (1944)
• Douglas XB-43 Jetmaster (1946)
• Douglas B-66 Destroyer (1954)
• Douglas BTD Destroyer
• Douglas C-1 (1925)
• Douglas C-47 Skytrain
• Douglas C-54 Skymaster (1942)
• Douglas C-74 Globemaster (1945)
• Douglas C-132
• Douglas C-124 Globemaster II (1949)
• Douglas C-133 Cargomaster (1956)
• Douglas Cloudster (1926)
• Douglas Cloudster II (1947)
• Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak (1947)
• Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket (1948)
• Douglas D-906
• Douglas DA-1 Ambassador (1928)
• Douglas DC-1 (1933)
• Douglas DC-2 (1934)
• Douglas DC-3 (1935)
• Douglas DC-4 (1939)
• Douglas DC-5 (1939)
• Douglas DC-6 (1946)
• Douglas DC-7 (1953)
• Douglas DC-8 (1958)
• Douglas DC-8 (propelersko letalo)
• Douglas DF (1930.)
• Douglas DT (1921)
• Douglas Dolphin (1930)
• Douglas XFD (1933)
• Douglas F3D Skyknight (1948)
• Douglas F4D Skyray (1951)
• Douglas F5D Skylancer (1956)
• Douglas F6D Missileer (1958)
• Douglas M-1 (1925)
• Douglas O-2 (1924)
• Douglas O-31 (1930)
• Douglas O-38 (1931)
• Douglas O-43 (1934)
• Douglas O-46 (1936)
• Douglas O2D (1934)
• Douglas YOA-5 (1935)
• Douglas XP-48
• Douglas XP3D (1935)
• Douglas SBD Dauntless (1938)
• Douglas XT-30
• Douglas T2D (1927)
• Douglas XT3D (1931)
• Douglas TBD Devastator (1935)
• Douglas XTB2D Skypirate (1945)
• DWC (1923)
• Douglas X-3 Stiletto (1952)

McDonnell Douglas letala

• DC-9 (1965)
• DC-10 (1971)
• YC-15 (1975)
• MD-80 (1980)
• MD-11 (1990)
• C-17 Globemaster III (1991)
• MD-90 (1993)

Rakete in vesoljska plovila

• Roc I
• AAM-N-2 Sparrow I (1948)
• MIM-4 Nike Ajax (1959)
• MGM-5 Corporal
  • WAC Corporal
• MIM-14 Nike Hercules
• Thor (raketa)
  • PGM-17 Thor
  • Thor-Able
  • Thor-Ablestar
  • Thor-Agena
  • Thorad-Agena
  • Thor DSV-2
  • Thor DSV-2U
  • Thor-Burner
  • Thor-Delta
• LIM-49 Spartan
• LIM-49 Nike Zeus
• GAM-87 Skybolt
• MGR-1 Honest John
• AIR-2 Genie (1956)
• MGR-3 Little John
• Delta
• Douglas SASSTO
• Saturn S-IV stage
• Saturn S-IVB stage
• Manned Orbiting Laboratory

Bibliografija

• Borth, Christy. Masters of Mass Production. Indianapolis, Indiana: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1945.
• Boyne, Walter J. (1982). The Aircraft Treasures Of Silver Hill: The Behind-The-Scenes Workshop of our Nation's Air Museums. New York: Rawson Associates. ISBN 978-0-89256-216-9.
• Cunningham, Frank. Sky Master: The Story of Donald Douglas and the Douglas Aircraft Company. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Dorrance and Company, 1943. OCLC 14152627
• Donald, David, ur. (1997). The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada: Prospero Books. ISBN 1-85605-375-X.
• Francillon, René (1979). McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Since 1920: Volume I. London: Putnam. ISBN 9780870214288.
• Haber, Barbara Angle. The National Air and Space Museum. London: Bison Group, 1995. ISBN 1-85841-088-6.
• Herman, Arthur. Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II. New York: Random House, 2012. ISBN 978-1-4000-6964-4.
• Parker, Dana T. Building Victory: Aircraft Manufacturing in the Los Angeles Area in World War II. Cypress, California: Dana T. Parker Books, 2013. ISBN 978-0-9897906-0-4.
• Sobel, Robert. "Donald Douglas: The Fortunes of War". The Entrepreneurs: Explorations Within the American Business Tradition. New York: Weybright & Talley, 1974. ISBN 0-679-40064-8.
• Swanborough, F. Gordon. and Peter M. Bowers. United States Military Aircraft since 1909. London: Putnam, 1963.

Zunanje povezave

• Douglas Aircraft history 1939-45
• Douglas Aircraft history 1946-56
• Douglas Aircraft history 1957-67
• Complete production list starting with the Cloudster
• Douglas Aircraft Company Photographs at Baker Library Historical Collections, Harvard Business School