McDonnell Douglas - wikipedia McDonnell Douglas McDonnell Douglas Corporation Following McDonnell Douglas 's merger with Boeing in 1997, a simplified version of this logo was added to the Boeing logo. Industry Aerospace Fate Merged with Boeing Predecessor McDonnell Aircraft Douglas Aircraft Company Successor The Boeing Company Founded April 28, 1967 Defunct August 1, 1997 ( merger date ) Headquarters Berkeley, Missouri, United States Products Aircraft Website MDC.com ( archived copy ) McDonnell Douglas was a major American aerospace manufacturing corporation and defense contractor formed by the merger of McDonnell Aircraft and the Douglas Aircraft Company in 1967. Between then and its own merger with Boeing in 1997, it produced a number of well - known commercial and military aircraft such as the DC - 10 airliner and F - 15 Eagle air - superiority fighter. The corporation was based at Lambert -- St. Louis International Airport near St. Louis, Missouri, while the headquarters for its subsidiary, the McDonnell Douglas Technical Services Company ( MDTSC ), were established in unincorporated St. Louis County, Missouri. Contents 1 History 1.1 Background 1.2 Formation 1.3 1970 -- 1980 1.4 1980 -- 1989 1.5 1990 -- 1997 2 Products 2.1 Military airplanes 2.2 Commercial airplanes 2.3 Experimental aircraft 2.4 Proposed models 2.5 Helicopters 2.6 Manned spacecraft 2.7 Computer systems 2.8 Missiles and rockets 3 Commercial deliveries 4 Key people 5 Footnotes 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External links History Background Main articles : McDonnell Aircraft Corporation and Douglas Aircraft Company The company was formed from the firms of James Smith McDonnell and Donald Wills Douglas in 1967. Both men were of Scottish ancestry, graduates of MIT and had worked for the aircraft manufacturer Glenn L. Martin Company. Douglas F3D Skyknight Douglas had been chief engineer at Martin before leaving to establish Davis - Douglas Company in early 1920 in Los Angeles. He bought out his backer and renamed the firm the Douglas Aircraft Company in 1921. McDonnell founded J.S. McDonnell & Associates in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1926. His idea was to produce a personal aircraft for family use. The economic depression from 1929 ruined his ideas and the company collapsed. He worked at three companies with the final being Glenn Martin Company in 1933. He left Martin in 1938 to try again with his own firm, McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, this time based at Lambert Field, outside St. Louis, Missouri. World War II was a major earner for Douglas. The company produced almost 30,000 aircraft ( Douglas DC - 3 ) from 1942 to 1945 and the workforce swelled to 160,000. Both companies suffered at the end of hostilities, facing an end of government orders and a surplus of aircraft. Thor Able with Pioneer 1 at Cape Canaveral, Florida After the war Douglas continued to develop new aircraft, including the DC - 6 in 1946 and the DC - 7 in 1953. The company moved into jet propulsion, producing its first for the military -- the conventional F3D Skyknight in 1948 and then the more ' jet age ' F4D Skyray in 1951. In 1955, Douglas introduced the first attack jet of the United States Navy with the A4D Skyhawk. Designed to operate from the decks of the World War II Essex class aircraft carriers, the Skyhawk was small, reliable, and tough. Variants of it continued in use in the Navy for almost 50 years, finally serving in large numbers in a two - seat version as a jet trainer. Douglas DC - 8 Douglas also made commercial jets, producing the DC - 8 in 1958 to compete with the Boeing 707. McDonnell was also developing jets, but being smaller it was prepared to be more radical, building on its successful FH - 1 Phantom to become a major supplier to the Navy with the F2H Banshee and F3H Demon ; and producing the F - 101 Voodoo for the United States Air Force ( USAF ). The Korean War - era Banshee and later the F - 4 Phantom II produced during the Vietnam War helped push McDonnell into a major military fighter supply role. Douglas created a series of experimental high - speed jet aircraft in the Skyrocket family, with the Skyrocket DB - II being the first aircraft to travel at twice the speed of sound in 1953. Both companies were eager to enter the new missile business, Douglas moving from producing air - to - air rockets and missiles to entire missile systems under the 1956 Nike program and becoming the main contractor of the Skybolt ALBM program and the Thor ballistic missile program. McDonnell made a number of missiles, including the unusual ADM - 20 Quail, as well as experimenting with hypersonic flight, research that enabled it to gain a substantial share of the NASA projects Mercury and Gemini. Douglas also gained contracts from NASA, notably for part of the enormous Saturn V rocket. The two companies were now major employers, but both were having problems. Douglas was strained by the cost of the DC - 8 and DC - 9, while McDonnell suffered lean times during any downturns in military procurement. The two companies began to sound each other out about a merger. Inquiries began in 1963 ; Douglas offered bid invitations from December 1966 and accepted that of McDonnell. The two firms were officially merged on April 28, 1967 as the McDonnell Douglas Corporation ( MDC ). The two companies seemed to be a good fit for each other ; McDonnell was primarily a defense contractor while Douglas sold mostly civil aircraft. Formation McDonnell Douglas DC - 10 McDonnell Douglas retained McDonnell Aircraft 's headquarters location at Lambert - St. Louis International Airport, in Berkeley, Missouri, near St. Louis. In 1967, with the merger of McDonnell and Douglas Aircraft, David Lewis, then president of McDonnell, was named chairman of what was called the Long Beach, Douglas Aircraft Division. At the time of the merger, Douglas Aircraft was estimated to be less than a year from bankruptcy. Flush with orders, the DC - 8 and DC - 9 aircraft were 9 to 18 months behind schedule, incurring stiff penalties from the airlines. Lewis was active in DC - 10 sales in an intense competition with Lockheed 's L - 1011, a rival tri-jet aircraft. In two years, Lewis had the operation back on track and in positive cash flow. He returned to the company 's St. Louis headquarters where he continued sales efforts on the DC - 10 and managed the company as a whole as President and chief operating officer through 1971. The DC - 10 began production in 1968 with the first deliveries in 1971. Several artists impressions exist of an aircraft named the `` DC - 10 Twin '' or DC - X which McDonnell Douglas considered in the early 1970s but never built. This would have been an early twinjet similar to the later Airbus A300, but never progressed to a prototype. This could have given McDonnell Douglas an early lead in the huge twinjet market that subsequently developed, as well as commonality with much of the DC - 10 's systems. 1970 -- 1980 USAF F - 15C during an Operation Noble Eagle patrol In 1977, the next generation of DC - 9 variants, dubbed the `` Super 80 '' ( later renamed the MD - 80 ) series, was launched. KC - 10 Extender during refueling In 1977, the KC - 10 Extender was the second McDonnell Douglas transport aircraft to be selected for use by the US Air Force ; the first being the C - 9 Nightingale / Skytrain II. Through the years of the Cold War McDonnell Douglas had introduced and manufactured dozens of successful military aircraft, including the F - 15 Eagle in 1974, the F / A-18 Hornet in 1978, and other products such as the Harpoon and Tomahawk missiles. The oil crisis of the 1970s was a serious shock to the commercial aviation industry, as a major manufacturer of commercial aircraft at the time, McDonnell Douglas was hit by the economic shift and forced to contract heavily while diversifying into new areas to reduce the impact of potential future downturns. 1980 -- 1989 In 1984, McDonnell Douglas expanded into helicopters by purchasing Hughes Helicopters from the Summa Corporation for $470 million. Hughes Helicopters was made a subsidiary initially and renamed McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems in August 1984. McDonnell Douglas Helicopters 's most successful product was the Hughes - designed AH - 64 Apache attack helicopter. In 1986, MD - 11 was launched, an improved and upgraded version of DC - 10. The MD - 11 was the most advanced trijet aircraft to be developed. It sold 200 units, but was discontinued in 2001 after the merger with Boeing as it competed with the Boeing 777. The final commercial aircraft design to be made by McDonnell Douglas came in 1988. The MD - 90 was a stretched version of the MD - 80, equipped with International Aero Engines V2500 turbofans, the largest rear - mounted engines ever on a commercial jet. The MD - 95, a modern regional airliner closely resembling the DC - 9 - 30, was the last McDonnell Douglas designed commercial jet produced. On January 13, 1988, McDonnell Douglas and General Dynamics won the US Navy Advanced Tactical Aircraft ( ATA ) contract. The US $4.83 billion contract was to develop the A-12 Avenger II, a stealth, carrier - based, long - range flying wing attack aircraft that would replace the A-6 Intruder. In January 1989 Robert Hood was appointed to lead McDonnell Douglas, replacing retiring Worsham. McDonnell Douglas then introduced a major reorganization called the Total Quality Management System ( TQMS ). TQMS ended the functional setup where engineers with specific expertise in aerodynamics, structural mechanics, materials, and other technical areas worked on several different aircraft. This was replaced by a product - oriented system where they focus on one specific airplane. As part of reorganization, 5,000 managerial and supervisory positions were eliminated at Douglas. The former managers could apply for 2,800 newly created posts ; the remaining 2,200 would lose their managerial responsibilities. The reorganization reportedly led to widespread loss of morale at the company and TQMS was nicknamed `` Time to Quit and Move to Seattle '' by employees referring to the competitor Boeing headquartered in Seattle, WA. 1990 -- 1997 Technical issues, development cost overruns, growing unit costs, and delays led to the termination of the A-12 Avenger II program on January 13, 1991 by Defense Secretary Dick Cheney. Years of litigation would proceed over the contract 's termination : the government claimed that the contractors had defaulted on the contract and were not entitled to the final progress payments, while McDonnell Douglas and General Dynamics believed that the contract was terminated out of convenience and thus the money was owed. The case was contested through litigation until a settlement was reached in January 2014. The chaos and financial stress created by the collapse of the A-12 program led to the layoff of 5,600 employees. The advanced tactical aircraft role vacated by the A-12 debacle would be filled by another McDonnell Douglas program, the F / A-18E / F Super Hornet. However the purchasing of aircraft was curtailed as the Cold War came to an abrupt end in the 1990s. This curtailment in military procurements combined with the loss of the contracts for two major projects, the Advanced Tactical Fighter and Joint Strike Fighter, severely hurt McDonnell Douglas. McDonnell Douglas built only a small wind tunnel test model. In 1991, MD - 11 was not quite a success, ongoing tests of the MD - 11 revealed a significant shortfall in the aircraft 's performance. An important prospective carrier, Singapore Airlines, required a fully laden aircraft that could fly from Singapore to Paris, against strong headwinds during mid-winter ; the MD - 11 did not have sufficient range for this at the time. Due to the less - than - expected performance figures, Singapore Airlines cancelled its 20 - aircraft MD - 11 order on August 2, 1991, and ordered 20 A340 - 300s instead. McDonnell Douglas MD - 12 aircraft concept In 1992, McDonnell Douglas unveiled a study of a double deck jumbo - sized aircraft designated MD - 12. Despite briefly leaving the market, the study was perceived as merely a public relations exercise to disguise the fact that MDC was struggling under intense pressure from Boeing and Airbus. It was clear to most in the industry that MDC had neither the resources nor the money to develop such a large aircraft, and the study quickly sank without a trace. A similar double deck concept was used in Boeing 's later Ultra-Large Aircraft study intended to replace the 747, but ultimately the double deck concept would not see the light of day until the Airbus A380 in the 2000s. Following Boeing 's 1996 acquisition of Rockwell 's North American division, McDonnell Douglas merged with Boeing in August 1997 in a US $13 billion stock swap, with Boeing as the surviving company. Boeing adopted the McDonnell Douglas logo, which shows the globe being encircled in tribute to the first aerial circumnavigation which was accomplished in 1924 using Douglas aircraft. Products Military airplanes The McDonnell Douglas YC - 15 was used as the base for the C - 17. McDonnell Douglas DC - 9 Built from 1988 -- 2000, the MD - 11 was the last McDonnell Douglas widebody aircraft. F / A-18E Super Hornet MD 500 Helicopter. McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawk ( started under Douglas Aircraft, used by the Blue Angels ) McDonnell Douglas A-4G Skyhawk Project Kahu McDonnell Douglas F - 4 Phantom II ( started under McDonnell Aircraft, used by the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds ) List of McDonnell Douglas F - 4 Phantom II variants McDonnell Douglas C - 9 McDonnell Douglas F - 15 Eagle McDonnell Douglas F - 15E Strike Eagle McDonnell Douglas F - 15 STOL / MTD McDonnell Douglas AV - 8B Harrier II ( based on the British Aerospace Harrier ) McDonnell Douglas F / A-18 Hornet ( used by the Blue Angels ) McDonnell Douglas CF - 18 Hornet High Alpha Research Vehicle McDonnell Douglas YC - 15 McDonnell Douglas T - 45 Goshawk jet trainer ( based on the British Aerospace Hawk ) McDonnell Douglas KC - 10 Extender McDonnell Douglas C - 17 Globemaster III ( Design and early production ) McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II F / A-18E / F Super Hornet ( Initial design and early production ) Commercial airplanes McDonnell Douglas DC - 8 ( started under Douglas Aircraft ) McDonnell Douglas DC - 9 ( started under Douglas Aircraft ) McDonnell Douglas DC - 10 ( with cockpit upgrade designated MD - 10 ) DC - 10 Air Tanker McDonnell Douglas MD - 11 ( stretched and modernized version of the DC - 10 ) McDonnell Douglas MD - 80 ( stretched and modernized version of the DC - 9 ) McDonnell Douglas MD - 90 ( stretched and modernized version of the MD - 80 ) MD - 95 ( latest evolution of the DC - 9, sold as Boeing 717 ) Experimental aircraft McDonnell Douglas X-36 Proposed models McDonnell Douglas MD - 12, a double - decker plane similar to the Airbus A380 and Boeing NLA. McDonnell Douglas MD - 94X Helicopters AH - 64 Apache ( started under Hughes Helicopters ) MD 500 series ( started under Hughes Helicopters ) MD 600 MD 901 / 902 / 902 Explorer Manned spacecraft Big Gemini Skylab space station Skylab B McDonnell Douglas DC - X Computer systems Sequel Spirit Reality OS Series 18 Model 6 Series 18 Model 9 Sovereign 6200 6400 7000 9000 9200 9400 The corporation also produced the Sovereign ( later M7000 ) series of systems in the UK, which used the Sovereign operating system developed in the UK and which was not based on Pick, unlike the `` Reality '' family of systems listed above. Sovereign, largely a Data Entry solution, had a reasonable market in the United States supporting data entry shops. Missiles and rockets BGM - 109 Tomahawk missile Harpoon missile LIM - 49 Spartan M47 Dragon Delta II rocket Commercial deliveries Delivery of McDonnell Douglas - designed commercial airplanes by year and model DC - 8 DC - 9 DC - 10 MD - 80 MD - 90 MD - 11 Total 1959 21 21 1960 91 91 1961 42 42 1962 22 22 1963 19 19 1964 20 20 1965 31 5 36 1966 32 69 101 1967 41 153 194 1968 102 202 304 1969 85 122 207 1970 33 51 84 1971 13 46 13 72 1972 32 52 88 1973 29 57 86 48 47 95 42 43 85 1976 50 19 69 1977 22 14 36 1978 22 18 40 1979 39 35 74 1980 18 41 5 64 1981 16 25 61 102 1982 10 11 34 55 12 51 63 1984 10 44 54 1985 11 71 82 1986 17 85 102 10 94 104 10 120 130 117 118 139 142 1991 140 31 171 84 42 126 43 36 79 23 17 40 1995 18 13 18 49 12 25 15 52 16 26 12 54 1998 8 34 12 54 1999 26 13 8 47 2000 5 9 Total 556 976 446 1,191 116 200 3,485 Active 32 50 404 65 123 676 DC - 8 DC - 9 DC - 10 MD - 80 MD - 90 MD - 11 Key people James Smith McDonnell John McDonnell ( businessman ) Sanford N. McDonnell Harry Stonecipher Footnotes ^ Jump up to : Boeing Chronology, 1997 -- 2001 Archived January 2, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. at boeing.com. Jump up ^ Welcome !, the former McDonnell Douglas Technical Services Company 's homepage ( January 24, 1997 ; retrieved June 4, 2009 ). Jump up ^ Yenne 1985, pp. 6 -- 9. Jump up ^ Yenne 1985, pp. 10 -- 12. Jump up ^ Leiser, Ken. `` St. Louis aviation honored ''. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, August 28, 2009. Archived August 29, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ Johnston, Stanley ( February 17, 1946 ). `` Douglas DC - 4 and DC - 6 Skymasters ''. Chicago Tribune. Jump up ^ `` DC - 7, newest Douglas Airliner, takes to sky ''. Los Angeles Times. May 19, 1953. Jump up ^ `` U.S. Jet set mark, flies 753.4 M.P.H : Navy Hero recaptures World Speed leadership -- Bests week - old British record ''. New York Times. October 4, 1953. Jump up ^ `` Bantam Jet Bomber is unveiled by Navy ''. Hartford Courant. June 8, 1954. Jump up ^ `` Saying goodbye to the A-4 Skyhawk ''. The Virginian. July 17, 1993. Jump up ^ Ray, Nancy ( September 16, 1991 ). `` Aircraft pioneer, 83, savors bold designs that still fly ''. Los Angeles Times. Jump up ^ Miles, Marvin ( May 31, 1958 ). `` Douglas Jetliner, most advanced of nation, debuts in test flight ''. Los Angeles Times. Jump up ^ Miles, Marvin ( August 24, 1961 ). `` A DC - 8 is first Airliner to top speed of Sound ''. New York Times. Jump up ^ `` Navy awards contract for new jet fighter ''. Hartford Courant. August 17, 1952. Jump up ^ `` Navy accepts first Demon jet ''. Los Angeles Times. January 9, 1954. Jump up ^ O'neil, Tim ( May 24, 2009 ). `` The Phantom of the factory : A Look Back -- The F - 4 Phantom II, rolled out in late May 1958, became one of the great success stories of military aviation and supported thousands of families ''. St Louis Post. Jump up ^ `` Skybolt fired Successfully ''. Kentucky New Era. December 20, 1962. Jump up ^ Shannon, Don ( May 9, 1958 ). `` Thor hinted as favorite missile ''. Los Angeles Times. Jump up ^ Witkin, Richard ( May 8, 1960 ). `` Missiles extend life of bomber : Jets, once thought obsolete, will soon carry deadly Air - Ground rockets ''. New York Times. Jump up ^ `` Douglas Saturn contract grows $48 Million ''. Los Angeles Times. December 22, 1963. Jump up ^ Schonberger, Ernest A ( October 5, 1967 ). `` $170.5 - Million job won by McDonnell Douglas ''. Los Angeles Times. Jump up ^ Wright, Robert ( January 26, 1967 ). `` McDonnell and Douglas take a giant step ''. New York Times. Jump up ^ `` McDonnell Douglas merger cleared ''. Fort Scott Tribune. April 27, 1967. Jump up ^ Ealy, Charles and Andy Dworkin. `` Texas Instruments may sell defense unit McDonnell Douglas among 1st to show interest. '' The Dallas Morning News. November 6, 1996. Retrieved June 12, 2009. Jump up ^ `` Berkeley city, Missouri. '' U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 8, 2009. Jump up ^ `` Berkeley, MO ( 1990 ) Tiger Map. '' U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 13, 2009. Jump up ^ Bower, Carolyn. `` TESTS FIND RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL. '' St. Louis Post-Dispatch. December 9, 1988. News 2F. Retrieved June 13, 2009. Jump up ^ Wood, Charles ( June 6, 1972 ). `` DC - 10 deal also pleases Lockheed ''. Los Angeles Times. Jump up ^ Wright, Robert ( March 11, 1974 ). `` Lockheed seeking greater range for Tristar ; hopes to make its jet more competitive ''. New York Times. Jump up ^ Wood, Robert ( June 12, 1971 ). `` L - 1011 Customers admit concessions by Douglas ''. Los Angeles Times. Jump up ^ Steiger, Paul ( July 30, 1971 ). `` Airlines take over 1st DC - 10s as McDonnell Gibes Lockheed ''. Los Angeles Times. Jump up ^ Getze, John ( November 22, 1972 ). `` Douglas takes 1st Step toward Twin Engine version of DC - 10 ''. Los Angeles Times. Jump up ^ Buck, Thomas ( April 14, 1973 ). `` Douglas plans wide - bodied jet with short - medium ranges ''. Chicago Tribune. ^ Jump up to : `` Clipped Wings ''. Flight International. December 20, 2005. Jump up ^ Redburn, Tom ( October 3, 1977 ). `` McDonnell to build larger, quieter DC - 9 ''. Los Angeles Times. Jump up ^ `` US Air Force using McDonnell Douglas KC - 10 advanced tanker - cargo aircraft for 5 years ''. PR Newswire. March 17, 1986. Jump up ^ Williams, Bob ( May 10, 1981 ). `` 7 Aerospace Firms Take $50 - Million Gamble on Advanced F - 15 Fighter ''. Los Angeles Times. ^ Jump up to : `` Pentagon gives Navy Go - Ahead on costly Douglas F - 18 fighter ''. Los Angeles Times. June 30, 1981. Jump up ^ `` McDonnell Douglas completes Hughes Helicopter acquisition ''. Chicago Tribune. January 8, 1984. Jump up ^ Richardson, Doug and Lindsay Peacock. Combat Aircraft AH - 64, pp. 14 -- 15. London : Salamander Books, 1992. ISBN 0 - 86101 - 675 - 0. Jump up ^ Western, Ken ( March 22, 1997 ). `` McDonnell Douglas ' Apache Longbow makes its debut ''. Arizona Republic. Jump up ^ Flannery, William ( April 8, 1995 ). `` Mcdonnell wins big helicopter contract but layoffs are looming at commercial air unit ''. St Louis Post. ^ Jump up to : `` Aircraft profile : MD - 11 ''. Al Jazeera. Retrieved January 7, 2010. Jump up ^ Brooks, Nancy ( December 18, 1986 ). `` McDonnell gets order it needs to launch MD - 11 SAS request for 12 new jets brings total to 26 ''. Los Angeles Times. ^ Jump up to : Cohen, Aubrey ( December 28, 2009 ). `` Did subsidies drive MD and Lockheed from commercial jet biz ? ''. Seattle PI. Jump up ^ Wiener, Eric ( February 14, 1990 ). `` McDonnell 's less costly new jet ''. New York Times. ^ Jump up to : Pae, Peter ( February 22, 2001 ). `` Last Plane Out for Aerospace Pioneer ; Aviation : Ceremony today marks the delivery of the last commercial aircraft built under the McDonnell Douglas name ''. Los Angeles Times. Jump up ^ `` American Airlines retires last MD - 11 from fleet ''. Knight Ridder / Tribune Business News. October 16, 2001. Jump up ^ Demarco, Peter ( September 19, 2000 ). `` MD - 11 Jet has highest crash rate ''. New York Daily Times. Jump up ^ Lane, Polly ( November 3, 1997 ). `` MD - 95 'S future uncertain -- Boeing to phase uut MD - 80, MD - 90 ''. Seattle Times. Jump up ^ Weintraub, Richard ( February 14, 1993 ). `` MD - 90 Airliner unveiled by McDonnell Douglas : firm seeks to stay in civilian aircraft business ''. Washington Post. Jump up ^ Henkoff, Ronald. `` BUMPY FLIGHT AT MCDONNELL DOUGLAS Even before two DC - 10 crashes, it was beset by defense cutbacks and factory foul - ups. Now managers must unsnarl a new reorganization to get airborne again. ''. Fortune. Jump up ^ Stevenson, Richard ( September 29, 1991 ). `` Breathing Easier at McDonnel Douglas ''. New York Times. Jump up ^ `` A-12 Avenger II ''. GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved March 16, 2007. Jump up ^ `` McDonnell Air gets president ''. New York Times. August 3, 1991. Retrieved March 16, 2007. Jump up ^ Gepfert, Ken ( October 30, 1979 ). `` McDonnell trying to hog F - 18 sales, Northrop suit says ''. Los Angeles Times. ^ Jump up to : Schneider, Greg ( February 4, 1997 ). `` Merger or no, Boeing and McDonnell Douglas linked ''. Baltimore Sun. Jump up ^ http://www.jsf.mil/gallery/gal_photo_cddr_mda-ngc-bae.htm Jump up ^ `` MD JSF - Aircraft of the Month - May 2000 ''. alexstoll.com. Jump up ^ Norris & Wagner 1999, p. 66 Jump up ^ Norris, & Wagner 2001, p. 59 Jump up ^ `` MDC brochures for undeveloped versions of the MD - 11 and MD - 12 ''. md-eleven.net. Retrieved April 14, 2008. Jump up ^ Black, Larry ( August 11, 1992 ). `` McDonnell Douglas in shake - up as profits drop ''. The Independent. London. Jump up ^ Wallace, James ( October 24, 2007 ). `` Airbus all in on need for jumbo -- but Boeing still doubtful ''. Seattle PI. Jump up ^ Norris, Guy ( September 10, 1997 ). `` Boeing looks again at plans for NLA ''. Flight International. Jump up ^ `` Boeing, partners expected to scrap Super-Jet study ''. Los Angeles Times. July 10, 1995. Jump up ^ Madslien, Jorn ( January 18, 2005 ). `` Giant plane a testimony to ' old Europe ' ''. BBC News. Jump up ^ Elleray, Dick ( July 16, 1986 ). `` The Reality Operating System Revealed ( 1986 / 09 ) ''. Project Management Bulletin ( paper original ) format = requires url = ( help ). Project Management Group, McDonnell Douglas Information Systems Group. access - date = requires url = ( help ) Jump up ^ Time Period Reports. boeing.com Jump up ^ `` Production summary - Airfleets aviation ''. airfleets.net. Jump up ^ `` World Airliner Census 2016 '' ( PDF ). http://pic.carnoc.com. External link in work = ( help ) References Yenne, Bill. McDonnell Douglas. Crescent Books, 1985. ISBN 0 - 517 - 44287 - 6. Further reading Aviation portal Companies portal California portal Missouri portal Francillon, René J. McDonnell Douglas aircraft since 1920. Naval Institute Press, 1990. 2 volume set. OCLC 19920963 Greider, William. One World, Ready or Not. Penguin Press, 1997. ISBN 0 - 7139 - 9211 - 5. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to McDonnell Douglas. 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Question: when did mcdonnell douglas go out of business
Answer: August 1997