McDonnell Douglas
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McDonnell Douglas Corporation was a major American aerospace manufacturing corporation and defense contractor. It was 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 well-known commercial and military aircraft, such as the DC-10 and the MD-80 airliners, the F-15 Eagle air superiority fighter, and the F/A-18 Hornet multirole fighter. The corporation's headquarters were at St. Louis Lambert International Airport, near St. Louis, Missouri.
Infobox
Company type
Public
Traded as
NYSE: MD until the merger with Boeing in 1997. Thereafter the merged companies traded as BA.
Industry
Aerospace
Predecessor
McDonnell Aircraft Douglas Aircraft Company
Founded
April 28, 1967 (1967-04-28)
Defunct
August 1, 1997 (1997-08-01)
Fate
Merged with Boeing
Successor
Boeing
Headquarters
Berkeley, Missouri, US
Key people
Harry Stonecipher (CEO)
Website
mdc at the Wayback Machine (archived 1997-07-06)
Tables
Delivery of McDonnell Douglas-designed commercial airplanes by year and model · Commercial deliveries
1959
1959
Col 1
1959
DC-8
21
Total
21
1960
1960
Col 1
1960
DC-8
91
Total
91
1961
1961
Col 1
1961
DC-8
42
Total
42
1962
1962
Col 1
1962
DC-8
22
Total
22
1963
1963
Col 1
1963
DC-8
19
Total
19
1964
1964
Col 1
1964
DC-8
20
Total
20
1965
1965
Col 1
1965
DC-8
31
DC-9
5
Total
36
1966
1966
Col 1
1966
DC-8
32
DC-9
69
Total
101
1967
1967
Col 1
1967
DC-8
41
DC-9
153
Total
194
1968
1968
Col 1
1968
DC-8
102
DC-9
202
Total
304
1969
1969
Col 1
1969
DC-8
85
DC-9
122
Total
207
1970
1970
Col 1
1970
DC-8
33
DC-9
51
Total
84
1971
1971
Col 1
1971
DC-8
13
DC-9
46
DC-10
13
Total
72
1972
1972
Col 1
1972
DC-8
4
DC-9
32
DC-10
52
Total
88
1973
1973
Col 1
1973
DC-9
29
DC-10
57
Total
86
1974
1974
Col 1
1974
DC-9
48
DC-10
47
Total
95
1975
1975
Col 1
1975
DC-9
42
DC-10
43
Total
85
1976
1976
Col 1
1976
DC-9
50
DC-10
19
Total
69
1977
1977
Col 1
1977
DC-9
22
DC-10
14
Total
36
1978
1978
Col 1
1978
DC-9
22
DC-10
18
Total
40
1979
1979
Col 1
1979
DC-9
39
DC-10
35
Total
74
1980
1980
Col 1
1980
DC-9
18
DC-10
41
MD-80
5
Total
64
1981
1981
Col 1
1981
DC-9
16
DC-10
25
MD-80
61
Total
102
1982
1982
Col 1
1982
DC-9
10
DC-10
11
MD-80
34
Total
55
1983
1983
Col 1
1983
DC-10
12
MD-80
51
Total
63
1984
1984
Col 1
1984
DC-10
10
MD-80
44
Total
54
1985
1985
Col 1
1985
DC-10
11
MD-80
71
Total
82
1986
1986
Col 1
1986
DC-10
17
MD-80
85
Total
102
1987
1987
Col 1
1987
DC-10
10
MD-80
94
Total
104
1988
1988
Col 1
1988
DC-10
10
MD-80
120
Total
130
1989
1989
Col 1
1989
DC-10
1
MD-80
117
Total
118
1990
1990
Col 1
1990
MD-80
139
MD-11
3
Total
142
1991
1991
Col 1
1991
MD-80
140
MD-11
31
Total
171
1992
1992
Col 1
1992
MD-80
84
MD-11
42
Total
126
1993
1993
Col 1
1993
MD-80
43
MD-11
36
Total
79
1994
1994
Col 1
1994
MD-80
23
MD-11
17
Total
40
1995
1995
Col 1
1995
MD-80
18
MD-90
13
MD-11
18
Total
49
1996
1996
Col 1
1996
MD-80
12
MD-90
25
MD-11
15
Total
52
1997
1997
Col 1
1997
MD-80
16
MD-90
26
MD-11
12
Total
54
1998
1998
Col 1
1998
MD-80
8
MD-90
34
MD-11
12
Total
54
1999
1999
Col 1
1999
MD-80
26
MD-90
13
MD-11
8
Total
47
2000
2000
Col 1
2000
MD-90
5
MD-11
4
Total
9
2001
2001
Col 1
2001
MD-11
2
Total
2
Total
Total
Col 1
Total
DC-8
556
DC-9
976
DC-10
446
MD-80
1,191
MD-90
116
MD-11
200
Total
3,485
Active
Active
Col 1
Active
DC-8
2
DC-9
32
DC-10
50
MD-80
404
MD-90
65
MD-11
123
Total
676
| 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 | 4 | 32 | 52 | 88 | |||
| 1973 | 29 | 57 | 86 | ||||
| 1974 | 48 | 47 | 95 | ||||
| 1975 | 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 | |||
| 1983 | 12 | 51 | 63 | ||||
| 1984 | 10 | 44 | 54 | ||||
| 1985 | 11 | 71 | 82 | ||||
| 1986 | 17 | 85 | 102 | ||||
| 1987 | 10 | 94 | 104 | ||||
| 1988 | 10 | 120 | 130 | ||||
| 1989 | 1 | 117 | 118 | ||||
| 1990 | 139 | 3 | 142 | ||||
| 1991 | 140 | 31 | 171 | ||||
| 1992 | 84 | 42 | 126 | ||||
| 1993 | 43 | 36 | 79 | ||||
| 1994 | 23 | 17 | 40 | ||||
| 1995 | 18 | 13 | 18 | 49 | |||
| 1996 | 12 | 25 | 15 | 52 | |||
| 1997 | 16 | 26 | 12 | 54 | |||
| 1998 | 8 | 34 | 12 | 54 | |||
| 1999 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 47 | |||
| 2000 | 5 | 4 | 9 | ||||
| 2001 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 556 | 976 | 446 | 1,191 | 116 | 200 | 3,485 |
| Active | 2 | 32 | 50 | 404 | 65 | 123 | 676 |
| DC-8 | DC-9 | DC-10 | MD-80 | MD-90 | MD-11 |