Douglas Aircraft Company

This unconventional 1940s twin-powerplant, pusher-propeller GA aircraft design featured a large forward fuselage, room for five, and white wall tires.

Four generations of the Cables have worked at the field to date.

Seemingly obsolete at its debut, this ground attack aircraft carried piston combat into the 1970s.

When approached to develop a fast bomber, Douglas responded with the Douglas XB-42 “Mixmaster,” a decidedly unconventional, piston-powered design promised to achieve nearly 500 mph.

An open house at the Santa Monica Airport will mark the 99th anniversary of the seaplanes’ return to KSMO.

Before Rosie the Riveter, women made their mark on aviation manufacturing by hand-stitching fabric coverings on aircraft.

The Douglas Aircraft Company was a pioneer in early aviation and produced a number of different aircraft. However, it is best known for its DC-3, among the most important aircraft ever built.

Was it the greatest airplane of its time—or all time?

The first flight of the Douglas DC-3 series turned modern air transport into reality.