Douglas (companie)

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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

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

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

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)
- PGM-17 Thor
- Thor-Able
- Thor-Ablestar
- Thor-Agena
- Thorad-Agena
- Thor DSV-2
- Thor DSV-2U
- Thor-Burner
- Thor-Delta
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

Bibliografie

Borth, Christy. Masters of Mass Production. Indianapolis, Indiana: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1945.
Boyne, Walter J. The Aircraft Treasures Of Silver Hill: The Behind-The-Scenes Workshop Of The National Air And Space Museum. New York: Rawson Associates, 1982. ISBN: 0-89256-216-1.
Cunningham, Frank. Sky Master: The Story of Donald Douglas and the Douglas Aircraft Company. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Dorrance and Company, 1943. OCLC 14152627
Donald, David, ed. Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada: Prospero Books, 1997. ISBN: 1-85605-375-X.
Francillon, René J. McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Since 1920: Volume I. London: Putnam, 1979. ISBN: 0-87021-428-4.
Haber, Barbara Angle. The National Air and Space Museum. London: Bison Group, 1995. ISBN: 1-85841-088-6.
Herman, Arthur. Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II. New York: Random House, 2012. ISBN: 978-1-4000-6964-4.
Parker, Dana T. Building Victory: Aircraft Manufacturing in the Los Angeles Area in World War II. Cypress, California: Dana T. Parker Books, 2013. ISBN: 978-0-9897906-0-4.
Sobel, Robert. "Donald Douglas: The Fortunes of War". The Entrepreneurs: Explorations Within the American Business Tradition. New York: Weybright & Talley, 1974. ISBN: 0-679-40064-8.
Swanborough, F. Gordon. and Peter M. Bowers. United States Military Aircraft since 1909. London: Putnam, 1963. OCLC 722531
Wendell, David V. "Getting Its Wings: Chicago as the Cradle of Aviation in America." Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, Volume 92, No. 4, Winter 1999/2000, pp. 339–372.

Legături externe

Commons

Wikimedia Commons conține materiale multimedia legate de Douglas (companie)

en Douglas Aircraft history 1939-45
en Douglas Aircraft history 1946-56
en Douglas Aircraft history 1957-67
en Complete production list starting with the Cloudster Arhivat în 25 martie 2018, la Wayback Machine.
en Douglas Aircraft Company Photographs at Baker Library Historical Collections, Harvard Business School