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... (200 mi). ''(ESSA Release 70-46)'' McDonnell Douglas DC-10, first of wide-bodied trijet transport aircraft, was rolled out in ceremonies at Long Beach, Calif. Aircraft was 55 m (180 ft) long, with 5,2-m-dia (17-ft-dia) fuselage. Tail was 17.7 m (58 ft) from ground. '' ( McDonnell Douglas Release 70 ...

... cost-sharing contracts totaling nearly $9 million to Boeing Co. and McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Co. to determine feasibility of retrofitting jet aircraft with noise-reduction devices was announced by Federal Aviation Administration. Cost of Boeing contract was $3 365 000, of which Government would provide $2 771 549. Cost of McDonnell Douglas ...

... over competitors- Grumman Aerospace Corp.; Lockheed Missiles & Space Co., Inc., Space Systems Div.; and McDonnell Douglas Corp.-because " North American Rockwell attained the highest score from a mission ... radar and inertial navigation components of Mark II avionics system of F-111 aircraft. ''(DOD Release 697-72)'' September 1972 September October 1972 October Oct 1 1972 1 ...

... 76, 5; SBD, 31 Aug 76, 223) 9 August: McDonnell Douglas Corp. announced award of a $63.9-million contract to Hughes Aircraft Co. for research, test, and development of radar for ... completed late in 1977 and early 1978, with first flight scheduled for mid-1978, McDonnell said. Hughes Aircraft received Army and Navy contracts totaling $16.5 million a wk later for a ...

... modifications should enable ARC to handle new types of aircraft, especially large helicopters and vertical- and short-takeoff and landing aircraft. (NASA Release 77-191) Two balloonists attempting a ... to about $9 million, had resulted from previous NASA agreements with Boeing Co. and McDonnell Douglas that the firms could design, test, and market the stages independently. Bids ...

... , SPAR and STEMs Towards the end of 1959 DeHavilland's profit margins in the Canadian aircraft division were dwindling. The work force in Toronto had been reduced from more than 4000 ... National Research Council in Ottawa, who had developed a roll up antenna for use on aircraft. Klein had figured out a way of heating a sheet of metal inside a tubular ... , untested STEM antenna. The design had been successfully sold to McDonnell Douglas for Gemini. After Alouette, at the very last minute McDonnell decided they wanted to add STEMS to the last couple ...

... along very slowly. They were being developed by the spacecraft contractors, Rockwell International and Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp. —North American Aviation, Inc. , at that time, and Grumman. They were coming ... docking system, development problems. So a group of us went to talk to the McDonnell-Douglas, who was developing Gemini, to talk about their docking system. Their docking system ...

... flying job in the Air Force. My flying background was primarily in tactical fighter aircraft and training aircraft. I wanted to return to the fighter pilot business with a job flying F ... pilots in the NASA T-38s as well as the Shuttle Training Aircraft or STA. The STAs were Gulfstream aircraft that were modified to fly like the Space Shuttle during approach and ... . Both Dale and I were trained to operate this system by Charles D. Walker, a McDonnell Douglas test engineer. Charlie later served as a Payload Specialist on STS 41-D, 51 ...

... the contrary, hadn't all disappeared. By late December discussions were underway to purchase McDonnell-Douglas Voodoo aircraft from the United States to reequip the domestic squadrons. USAF General Kuter during a ... obsolete '''Reason for cancellation in light of backlash:''' The aircraft was too expensive '''Reason for cancelling long after the fact''' The aircraft was obsolete or ineffective. The first excuse was quickly negated ...

... Bunker Hill and to Carswell Air Force Base Fort Worth, Texas with two squadrons of aircraft that they sent out and deployed. I went to Bunker Hill with that team, and ... a maintainability advisor to the design group, and there I saw a different perspective of aircraft. The shoe come on to the other foot, as the saying goes. On the maintenance ... it took a while to happen. So we missed the next flight. The next flight, McDonnell Douglas put together a little target vehicle ATDA, Augmented Target Docking Adapter . What they did ...

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