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The McDonnell Aircraft Corporation was an American aerospace manufacturer based in St. Louis, Missouri. The company was founded on July 6, 1939, by James Smith McDonnell , and was best known for its military fighters, including the F-4 Phantom II , and crewed spacecraft including the Mercury capsule and Gemini capsule .
The two firms were officially merged on April 28, 1967, as the McDonnell Douglas Corporation (MDC). Earlier, McDonnell bought 1.5 million shares of Douglas stock to help its partner meet "immediate financial requirements". [23] [24] The two companies seemed to be a good fit for each other. McDonnell's military contracts provided an instant ...
John F. Yardley (February 1, 1925 – June 26, 2001) was an American engineer who worked for the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). He joined McDonnell in 1946, and contributed to the design and development of aircraft such as the McDonnell FH Phantom, F2H Banshee and F-101 Voodoo.
James Smith "Mac" McDonnell (April 9, 1899 – August 22, 1980) was an American aviator, engineer, and businessman. He was an aviation pioneer and founder of McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, later McDonnell Douglas (which is now Boeing, after the latter's company merger in 1997), and the James S. McDonnell Foundation.
James Smith McDonnell (1899–1980) – founder of McDonnell Aircraft Corporation; Colin R. McInnes (born 1968) – solar sail researcher; Marion O. McKinney Jr. (1921–1999) – NACA and NASA engineer, researched VTOL flight; William B. McLean (1914–1976) – lead designer of the AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missile
McDonnell Aircraft Corporation was founded by James Smith McDonnell in July 1939. Barkey joined the company in 1945. Design of the F-4 Phantom. He was head of the design team for the F-4 Phantom aircraft, and largely responsible for its entire development, being the chief engineer. [2]
Schoch was hired immediately after the war by McDonnell Aircraft Corporation as an aeronautical engineer and quickly moved up to a test pilot position as the company grew. [6] He was the tenth pilot to fly the company’s FH-1 Phantom, [7] the U.S. Navy’s first jet fighter to be carrier-qualified.
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