Douglas (companie)
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.
| Douglas (companie) | |
| Abreviere | Douglas |
|---|---|
| Succesor | McDonnell Douglas |
| Înființare | |
| Fondator | Donald Wills Douglas, Sr.[*] |
| Desființare | |
| Sediu | Long Beach, California Santa Monica |
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
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
- 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 , la Wayback Machine.
- en Douglas Aircraft Company Photographs at Baker Library Historical Collections, Harvard Business School
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