DOUGLAS Aircraft Manuals PDF

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The Douglas Aircraft Company was founded by Donald Douglas on July 22, 1921 in California after the collapse of the Davis-Douglas Company.

The first step to fame was a round-the-world flight on a Douglas aircraft in 1924. A year earlier, the US Army Air Service decided to be the first to fly around the world by plane. The program is called "World Flight".

Donald Douglas proposed a modified Douglas DT aircraft for the flight. A double torpedo bomber with an open cockpit was previously supplied to the Navy.

 Planes to prepare for a round-the-world flight were selected at the company's assembly plants in Rock Island and Dayton.

In 1967, the company faced the challenge of expanding production to meet demand for the DC-8 and DC-9 passenger airliners and the A-4 Skyhawk attack aircraft.

Quality, financing, DC-10 development costs, and the costs of the Vietnam War forced Douglas to merge with McDonnell Aircraft Corporation to create a single McDonnell Douglas Corporation.

The Douglas Aircraft Company became a division of the McDonnell Douglas, while the space and rocket departments became part of the new McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company.

In 1997, McDonnell Douglas became part of the Boeing Company.

Boeing merged Douglas with its Boeing Commercial Airplanes division, putting an end to the 75-year history of the Douglas Aircraft Company.

The last commercial aircraft built in Long Beach was the Boeing 717 (third-generation Douglas DC-9), which was discontinued in May 2006.

By 2011, the C-17 Globemaster III remains the only aircraft assembled at this plant.