Douglas (companie)

Douglas (companie)
Abreviere	Douglas
Succesor	McDonnell Douglas
Înființare	1921
Fondator	Donald Wills Douglas, Sr.[*]
Desființare	1967
Sediu	Long Beach, California Santa Monica
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Compania de aeronave Douglas (în engleză Douglas Aircraft Company) a fost un producător american de aeronave cu sediul în Long Beach, California. Fondatorul companiei, Donald Wills Douglas, Sr.^⁠(d), a absolvit Massachusetts Institute of Technology și a lucrat inițial pentru producătorul de aeronave Martin^⁠(d). După ce a fost inginer șef acolo, a înființat compania „Douglas” în 1921, care a fost redenumită în „Compania de aeronave Douglas” în 1928.

Aeronave[modificare | modificare sursă]

Douglas 1211-J
Douglas 2229
Douglas A-1 Skyraider (1945)
Douglas XA-2 (c. 1926)
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 (1930s)
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 AC-47 Spooky
- Douglas XCG-17
Douglas C-54 Skymaster (1942)
Douglas C-74 Globemaster (1945)
Douglas C-124 Globemaster II (1949)
Douglas C-132
Douglas C-133 Cargomaster (1956)
Douglas Cloudster (1921)
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)
- List of Douglas DC-3 family variants
Douglas DC-4E (1938)
Douglas DC-4 (1939) (new design unrelated to DC-4E)
- List of Douglas DC-4 variants
Douglas DC-5 (1939)
Douglas DC-6 (1946)
Douglas DC-7 (1953)
Douglas DC-8 (1958)
Douglas DC-8 (piston airliner)
Douglas DF (1930s)
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)
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) (1923)
Douglas X-3 Stiletto (1952)

Aeronave McDonnell Douglas[modificare | modificare sursă]

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

Rachete și nave spațiale[modificare | modificare sursă]

Roc I
AAM-N-2 Sparrow I (1948)
MIM-4 Nike Ajax (1959)
MGM-5 Corporal
- WAC Corporal
MIM-14 Nike Hercules
Thor (rocket family)
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 space station

Note[modificare | modificare sursă]

Bibliografie[modificare | modificare sursă]

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