mcdonnell douglas

Hi everyone,remember the MRF(multi role fighter) program from the 90`s, the one canceled in 1993? Thanks to all of your pictures posted here in the forum, i build two years ago a model of one of the proposals for that program,the one from McDonnell Douglas which was one of my favorite designs,so...

"Harpoon missile meets 40-year milestone" video by Boeing Uploaded: Oct 5, 2011 http://youtu.be/-HSszSESmB0

Hi, the Boeing developed an airliner project similar to concept of the Military aircraft,the C-17,Also the company designed a four engined version of Model-777. http://www.flightglobal.com/PDFArchive/View/2000/2000%20-%200048.html

In 1959, the U.S. Army Ordnance Missile Command (AOMC) suggested the development of a medium-range heavy assault weapon. The Office, Chief of Research and Development indicated that no firm requirement existed for the weapon. In February, McDonnell Douglas Corporation began work on the BRAT...

McDonnell Douglas' "Big Gemini" transport spacecraft is now available in the Fantastic Plastic Virtual Museum Store: http://fantastic-plastic.com/BigGeminiCatalogPage.htm This meticulously detailed 1:48 kit was mastered by Paul Roberts based on extensive documentation, and cast by BLAP...

Anybody got any details on this?

With the recent Skysentry thread, we've seen a couple of variants of the DC-6 & DC-7 (I believe) variants, as well as the B-52 competition's Douglas dark horses jet powered bomber versions of the DC-6. I know there was the DC-4M Merlin powered & the Carvair ferry versions of the DC-4, firebomber...

Hi, http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19740077882_1974077882.pdf

MCDONNELL AIRCRAFT VTOL and helicopter designs I'm aware of: (NOT McDonnell Douglas) M-28 hybrid convertiplane study (circa 1950) 37 US Navy XHJD-1 WHIRLAWAY J-38 US Army XH-20 LITTLE HENRY 65C civilian WHIRLAWAY, not produced 78 USMC XHRH-1, mock-up only 79 BIG HENRY prototype 79 US Army XH-29...

Impact of agility requirements on configuration synthesis Author(s): Oneil, Patrick J.; Nyberg, Gregory; Deturk, Robin; Seal, Daniel W.; Grethlein, Christian E. Abstract: A configuration design study was performed by McDonnell Douglas Aerospace (MDA) for the NASA Langley Research Center...

A joint US-German VSTOL fighter project. Here we have a 3 view of an early configuration and an isometric cutaway of a later version with modified air intakes.

I was at a used book store this week and came across a book titled The McDonnell Douglas Story by Douglas J. Ingells published by Aero Publishers (1979). In it, they had photographs of a model for a freighter aircraft that they named Nation Builder. Does any one have additional information...

The F-18 flaps and flaperons... I know the flaps and elevons both droop equally at least at high settings and they seem to have a slot. What I am curious about is what you call the part of the flap in front of the slot (it pivots/droops somewhat with the flap), does anybody know what you call...

From numerous sources, it would seem the F-4 Phantom had a somewhat heavily-loaded wing (medium, medium-heavy). I'm not saying I dispute this as the F-4's performance obviously reflects it, but I am wondering how an aircraft with such large wings, which appear to be substantially cambered...

MCD MOL Plans

The pictures of F-18L model should make an interesting comparison...

[1986]...mission analysis that was conducted by a large number of Air Force and industry organizations. The purpose was to formulate and understand the alternatives for future strategic aeronautical weapon systems and identify promising system concepts to follow those currently in the inventory...

Does anybody have any drawings of McDonnell's Mach-4 deck-launched interceptor? KJ

I discover today the "idea" for a single seat Phantom projected inside the IFX fighter contest. Is there around a sketch for this project?

Captures from Discovery Channel's The Real Flying Saucers documentary