Sixty-seven years ago today, the Douglas DC-8 soared into the skies for the first time, marking a bold step into the jet age.

Decades after it was built, this DC-3 was still flying as N34, once operated by the FAA for navigation inspection and other missions. [Photo: dc3dakotahistory.org] The Douglas Aircraft Company was ...

Santa Monica-based Douglas Aircraft Co. has run into unexpected trouble. Though it boasts a hefty $2.8 billion order backlog, mostly for its efficient DC-8 and DC-9 jets, the company two weeks ago ...

Almost as incredible as this is the fact that some venerable models of aircraft have been in service even longer than that. The Douglas DC-3 is a propeller-driven aircraft, and one that was ...

No, not some smart new jet equipped with every latest safety device and digital gizmo, but a 28-seat Douglas DC-3 (twin-piston). What this means is that the very youngest of the aircraft operated ...

To address this, the time called for mid-size aircraft that weren't as restrictively large as the jumbo but could still carry many passengers. McDonnell Douglas's DC-10 arose from airlines ...

Donald W. Douglas Jr., a former president of Douglas Aircraft Co. who was responsible for the introduction of the DC-8 and DC-9 jetliners, has died. He was 87. Douglas, a son of the company’s ...

BA), which through acquisitions owns what began as the Douglas Aircraft Company, “The Douglas DC-3, which made air travel popular and airline profits possible, is universally recognized as the ...