On this day in aviation history-67 years ago, on May 30, 1958-the Douglas DC-8 made its maiden flight. At the controls was Douglas Aircraft Company test pilot Arnold G. Heimerdinger, accompanied by co ...

Described as one of the “most iconic and beautifully preserved DC-3s flying today”, the New Zealand-owned Spirit of Douglas ...

A small-scale celebration was held to celebrate the life-long career of a former Santa Monica resident named Don Adams at the Museum of Flying at Santa Monica Airport. Adams was the official Douglas ...

When we think of McDonnell Douglas, we often picture robust airliners almost entirely lost to time today. But many of these historic aircraft come from before the Jet Age, when McDonnell Douglas was ...

Among the world’s plane builders, Douglas Aircraft was long the blue chip; its series of DC planes were the workhorses that hauled the biggest percentage of the world’s air travelers. But last week ...

At a time when the rest of the aerospace industry is thriving on rising demands for commercial and military planes and other sinews of the Viet Nam war, Santa Monica-based Douglas Aircraft Co. has run ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. First flown in 1935, the Douglas DC-3 ...

Sunday saw a crowd of nearly 3,000 gather on the north side of Santa Monica Airport to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first ever flight around the world. This amazing achievement was ...