Unraveling the secrets of the MD-11's maximum flight duration.
This variant has been mostly forgotten from history.
FedEx Express won't retire its grounded McDonnell Douglas MD-11 cargo aircraft and plans to return them to service by May 31.
The MD-11's unique design choices impacted cruise and landing speeds.
The iconic T-tailed aircraft was the bedrock upon which the legacy carrier built its hub-and-spoke network.
A set of hard-working airplanes with a colorful nickname, “Mad Dogs,” have earned a long afterlife for the name McDonnell Douglas, an aircraft maker that disappeared in a 1997 merger. But on Tuesday, ...
McDonnell Douglas was a major American aerospace manufacturer and defense contractor, producing a number of famous commercial and military aircraft. It formed from a merger of McDonnell Aircraft and ...
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 ...
Sanford Noyes "Sandy" McDonnell -- an engineer, businessman and philanthropist -- was CEO and then chairman of the board of McDonnell Douglas Corp., one of the country's largest aircraft manufacturers ...