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McDonnell, McDonnell Douglas

1929: (James S) McDonnell & Associates, Milwaukee WI. 1939: McDonnell Aircraft Corp, St Louis MO. 1967: Merged with Douglas Aircraft as McDonnell Douglas Corp. 1984: Acquired Hughes Helicopters as McDonnell Douglas Helicopters Co, Mesa AZ. 1997: Acquired by Boeing.

  McDonnell 79 [N12M]

79 19?? = 1pOH "Little Henry" No data. POP: 1 [N12M]

86 SEE HCH.
  McDonnell 119 [N119M] (McDonnell Douglas)

119, 220 1959 = First business jet to receive an FAA provisional type certificate in the transport category. 10-26pClwM rg; four 2900# P&W J60 (prototype with 3250# Westinghouse J34s); span: 57'8" length: 66'6" v: 565 range: 2220 ceiling (est): 45,000'. In design competition with Lockheed JetStar for USAF contract for bombardier/navigator trainer, something more economical than B-47s then in use. When 119 was rejected by USAF it was converted to 220 utility class biz-jet with a 10-seat interior complete with toilet and galley facilities. Only one was built, used by McDonnell as a company transport for several years [N119M=N220M], later reregistered in TX as [N4AZ].
  McDonnell 120 (McDonnell Douglas)
  McDonnell 120 Original version (US Army Aviation Museum)

120 Flying Crane, aka V-1 Jeep 1957 = Army. 1pOH; three AiResearch GTC-85-135; v: 138/108/9 range: 98 hover ceiling: 12,000'. Developed from XV-1 research in pressure-jet rotors. Empty wt: 2450# and take-off wt: 6300#.

This was a Navy project—my source doesn't even mention them loaning one to the Army. It used the AiResearch turbines to feed compressed air to the rotor tips. (The jet-tip helo had been a McDonnell dream since the '40s; many different designs.) The wide-spaced skids straddled special quick-change cargo pods—it had excellent cargo capacity, with a load-to-weight ratio of 1.5:1. It was extensively tested, then fell prey to the usual problems of tip-jets: noise and fuel consumption. Program ended Feb 1960, at least by the Navy. No one seems aware of Army participation. (— Joel Monka 8/4/01)
  McDonnell 188 (McDonnell)

188 1967 = STOP turboprop transport proved to be too expensive to produce. POP: 1.
609 - New corporate identity for Bell-Boeing 609 tilt-rotor.
  McDonnell AH-1/F3H-G Mock-up (Boeing)

AH-1 = Original designation for F-4 design project in mock-up stage, aka F3H-G, became F4H-1/F-4A.
AH-6, OH-6 SEE McDonnell Douglas H-6 below
AH-64 SEE McDonnell Douglas H-64 below.
AV-8 SEE McDonnell Douglas-BaE below.
C-9 SEE McDonnell Douglas C-9 below.
CHC SEE 86.
  McDonnell DC-10 [N220AU] (Dale Elhardt)

DC-10 1970 = 255-345pClwM rg; three 39500# GE CF6/36-6 turbofans; span: 155'5" length: 179'10" load: 182,500# v: x/630/x range: 3200; ff: 9/x/70. $15,500,000+.
  McDonnell Doodlebug Wind tunnel tests [157N] (NASA)

Doodlebug (Hamilton) 1929 = 2pOlwM; 110hp Warner Scarab; span: 35'0" length: 21'4" load: 550# v: 110/x/35. McDonnell's entry-model lightplane for the Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition; wing slots and full-span flaps. POP: 1 [157N]; ff: 11/15/29 (p: James McDonnell). Construction by Hamilton Metalplane Co.
F-2 Banshee - Redesignation of F2H.
  McDonnell F-4 trio (AETC)

F-4 Phantom II 1958 = First of the multi-service planes; joint-service, supersonic, all-weather fighter. 2pClwM rg; two GE J79; v: 1500+; ff: 5/27/58 (p: Robert Little). US Service career of 38 years. Of 5,057 built in the US, 2,874 went to USAF, 1,264 to USN and USMC, and 919 to foreign sales—a record for the largest production run of any supersonic fighter built in the US. Additionally, 138 were built under license by Mitsubishi in Japan.
F-4A 1962 = USN. Redesignated from F4H-1F. POP: ?? [143388/143392, 145307/145317, 146817/146821, 148252/148275].
TF-4A 196? = USN. Shore-based trainer.
  McDonnell F-4B [152970] (USN)

F-4B 1962 = USN/USMC. Redesignated from F4H-1. POP: 439 [142259/142260, 148363/148434, 149403/149474, 150406/150493, 150624/150653, 150993/151021, 152965/153070, 153912/153950].
QF-4B 196? = USN. Modification as drone or controller.

  McDonnell RF-4B (McDonnell)

RF-4B 1962 = USN. Redesignated from F4H-1P. POP: [151975/151983, 153089/153115, 157342/157351].

  McDonnell F-4C Bomb drop (USAF)

F-4C 1963 = USAF. Redesignated from F-110A (Spectre). 10900# J79. POP: 635 [62-12199, 63-7407/7713, 64-654/980].
EF-4C 1966 = USAF. F-4C converted to Wild Weasel for electronic countermeasure (ECM) duties.

  McDonnell RF-4C (McDonnell)

RF-4C, YRF-4C 1964 = USAF tactical recon. 10900# J79; span: 38'5" length: 62'11" load: 11,510# v: 1459/587/x range: 1750. POP: 503 [63-7740/7763, 64-997/1085, 65-818/945, 66-383/478, 67-428/469, 68-548/611. 69-349/384, 71-248/259, 72-145/156]; 2 as YRF-4C prototypes [62-12200/12201], the first of which became YRF-4E/F-4E.

  McDonnell F-4D [66-7549] (USAF Museum)

F-4D 1965 = USAF. POP: 773 [65-580/801, 66-226/283, 66-7455/7774, 66-8685/8825, 67-14869/14884, 68-6904/6919], 68 of which were delivered to Iran and South Korea.
EF-4D 196? = USAF. Modification to Wild Weasel ECM.
  McDonnell F-4E 5000th production [77-0290] (Boeing)

F-4E 1965 = USAF. 20mm rotary cannon; span: 38'5" length: 63'0" load: 11,025# v: 1485/585/x range: 1885. POP: 1405, of which c.300 were exported. Prototype was YRF-4E (see following).
EF-4E - Temporary designation of F-4G.

RF-4E, YRF-4E 1965 = Recon version for export only, with USAF s/ns assigned. POP: at least 133, of which 1 was redesignated from YRF-4C as -4E to become prototype F-4E [62-12200]; ff: 8/7/65. Many ultimately converted to QF-4G drones.

TF-4E 196? = USAF.

YF-4E 1965 = USAF.

  McDonnell TF-4F Holloman AFB, Luftwaffe trainers (USAF)

F-4F, TF-4F 1972 = Produced for Luftwaffe. POP: 175, some of which were converted to TF-4F operational trainers.

F-4G 1963 = USN. Two-way tactical digital data communications and other electronics upgrades, data link system for evaluation of an automatic carrier landing system. POP: 12, later converted to F-4B.

F-4G 1976 = USAF. Designation reassigned to a USAF version for use in the Wild Weasel defense-suppression role. POP: 116 converted F-4E.

  McDonnell QF-4G [68-7201] (Alan Radecki)

QF-4G c.1996 = Redesignated from F-4E as drone.

F-4H - Designation not used to avoid confusion with F4H-1.

  McDonnell F-4H-1 (Boeing)

F-4H-1 (F-4A) 1958 = Prototype F-4 with two 9300# J79-GE-3A; ff: 5/27/58 (p: Robert C Little). Set new altitude record of 98,556' on 12/6/59 (p: Cdr Lawrence E Flint), world speed record of 1606mph on 11/22/61 (p: LtCol Robert B Robinson), and many others along the way. POP: 2 prototype XF4H-1 [142259/142260], 45 to USAF/USN as F4H-1F with 10350# J79-GE-2 [143388/143392, 145307/145317, 146817/146821, 148252/148275] (redesignated as F-4A), which included unarmed photo-recon F4H-1P with 16150# J79-GE-2A (redesignated as RF-4B).

  McDonnell F-4J (McDonnell Douglas)

F-4J, RF-4J (McDonnell Douglas) 1966 = USN carrier fighter with drooping ailerons and slotted tailplane for slower landing approaches; two 17900# GE J79-GE; span: 38'5" length: 58'3" load: 30,000#± v: 1485/x/x range: 600 ceiling: 62,250'. With engine mods as RF-4J. POP: 634 [153071/153088, 153768/153911, 154781/154788, 155404/155580, 155731/155916, 157242/157309, 158346/158379].

YF-4J 196? = USN. F-4B equipped with Pulse Doppler Radar.
  McDonnell F-4K (Boeing)

F-4K, -4M (McDonnell Douglas) 1967 = Exports to Great Britain. POP: 52 F-4K to RNAS and 119 F-4M to RAF.

F-4L - Designation not used.

  McDonnell F-4N (Jim Thompson/Champlin Museum)

F-4N c.1968 = USN. Modernized F-4B with 17000# J79-GE-8; span: 38'5" length: 58'4" load: 26,600# v: 1485 range: 2300 ceiling: 62,000'. POP: 148.

F-4P, -4Q, -4R - Designation not used.

F-4S 1977 = F-4J modernization program. POP: 302.

F-15 SEE McDonnell Douglas (below).
F-18 SEE McDonnell Douglas-Northrop (below).
  McDonnell XF-85 (McDonnell Douglas)

F-85 Goblin 1948 = Parasite fighter. 1pClwM with landing skids; 3000# Westinghouse J34-WE; span: 21'2" length: 14'11" v: 362/x/160; ff: 8/23/48 (p: Edwin Schoch). "Flying egg" with six tails, folding swept-back wings, dorsal hook to mate with a trapeze on a mother ship (an EB-29B nicknamed "Monstro"). Hook-up attempts, as well as high-speed landings, proved problematical and the project was cancelled. POP: 2 as XF-85 [46-523/524]. Total expenditure on the program (Project MX-472) was $3,210,664—with only 02h:19m flight time recorded, that translated into $23,098 per minute!
  McDonnell XF-88 [46-525] (McDonnell Douglas)

F-88 Voodoo 1948 = Escort fighter; two 3000# Westinghouse XJ34-WE-13 turbojets; span: 39'8" length: 54'2" load: 4460# v: 641/527/140 ceiling: 36,000'; ff: 10/20 (?>29)/48 (p: Robert Edholm). POP: 1 prototype as XF-88 [46-525] and 1 as XF-88A with 3600# XJ34-WE-22 with afterburners; length: 67'5" v: 700 [46-526]. Initially the aircraft of USAF's choice over Lockheed's XF-90, but failed to meet full expectations after testing, and both were mothballed. Design developed into F-101.
  McDonnell XF-88B [46-525] (McDonnell Douglas)

XF-88B 1953 = XF-88 taken from retirement and modified with an additional 2650hp Allison XT38 turboprop in the nose for transonic propeller research; ff: 3 (?>4)/14/53.
F-101 Voodoo - All-weather interceptor based on XF-88. 1pClwM rg; two 10000# P&W J57; span: 39'8" length: 67'5" v: 1000+/550/x range: 1900 ceiling: 55,800'.
  McDonnell F-101A (McDonnell Douglas)

F-101A 1954 = Interceptor; ff: 9/29/54. POP: 77.
NF-101A 1958 = GE J79 installation. POP: 1 modification of F-101A.

  McDonnell RF-101A (USAF)

RF-101A 1955 = Photo-recon. POP: 37.

YRF-101A 1955 = Long-nose photo-recon prototype. POP: 2 modified from -101A [54-109, -150].

  McDonnell F-101B [58-0312] (USAF MUseum)

F-101B 19?? = Tactical fighter. Fitted for MB-1 Genie A2A rocket. POP: 407.
TF-101B 19?? = 2p trainer. POP: 72 conversions from F-101B.
F-101C 1957 = Nuclear strike fighter. POP: 47.
  McDonnell RF-101C (USAF)

RF-101C 19?? = Photo-recon; length: 69'3". POP: 166.
F-101D, -101E 1958 - Proposed J79-powered production cancelled.

http://www.historicaircraft.org/Navy-Aircraft/images/McDonnell-XF2D1.jpg F-101F 19?? = Refueling probe replaced by infra-red detector. POP: 153 modified from F-101B.

TF-101F 19?? = Upgraded TF-101B. POP: ??.
  McDonnell RF-101G [54-1452] (USAF)

RF-101G 1965 = Converted from F-101A. POP: 18.

RF-101H 1965 = Converted from F-101C. POP: 31.

F-110A, YFR-110A Spectre - Original designation for USAF F-4C.
F2H Banshee - Development of FD/FH. Later models redesignated as F-2.
  McDonnell XF2H-1 (McDonnell)

XF2H-1 1947 = Prototype with tail dihedral; ff: 1/11/47. POP: 3 redesignated from Douglas XF2D-1 as prototypes [99858/99860].

F2H-1 1948 = 1pCmwM rg; 3000# Westinghouse J34-WE-22; span: 41'6" (?>42'1") length: 39'0" (?>44'10") load: 4440# v: 587/351/101 range: 1278 ceiling: 48,500'. Upward-folding wings, straight stablizer. POP: 56 [122530/122559, 122990/123015].

  McDonnell F2H-2 (McDonnell)
  McDonnell F2H-2

F2H-2 1949 = Wingtip drop-tanks, bomb racks. 3250# J34-WE-34; span: 44'10" length: 40'2" v: 532/500/99 range: 1475 ceiling: 44,800'. POP: 364 [123204/123299, 123314/123382, 124940/125071, 125500/125505, 125649/125679, 128857/128886].

F2H-2N 1949 = Night fighter with nose radar. POP: 97 [123300/123396].

F2H-2P 1950 = Unarmed recon with elongated nose. POP: 58 [125072/125079, 125680/125706, 126673/126695].

  McDonnell F2H-3 "Silver Banshee" [126344] (McDonnell)

F2H-3 1952 = All-weather fighter, long nose, increased fuel, 3600# J34-WE-36. POP: 150 [126291/126350, 126354/126489, 127493/127546], of which 39 transferred to RCAF. Redesignated as F-2C.
F2H-3P - Cancelled.
F2H-4 1953 = Engine upgrade. POP: 150 [126351/126353, 127547/127693]. Redesignated as F-2D.
F3H Demon - General purpose fighter. 1pCmwM rg; 10000# J71; span: 35'4" length: 58'11".
  McDonnell F3H (McDonnell)

F3H-1 1951 =

  McDonnell F3H-2N (McDonnell)

F3H-2M, -2N 19?? = F3H fitted for Sparrowhawk II missiles, -2N with advanced radar.

F4H - All-weather fighter. 2pClwM rg; two GE J79-8 with afterburners. Became F-4 in 1962 (qv).
F4H-1 1959 = Became F-4B.
F4H-1F 1959 = Became F-4A.

F4H-1P 1959 = Became RF-4B.

  McDonnell FH-1 (McDonnell Douglas)

FD-1, FH-1 Phantom - 1pOlwM rg; two 1600# Westinghouse WE19B turbojets; span: 40'9" length: 37'3" load: 2470# v: 487 range: 540. Original design called for six small, 300# axial-flow turbojets mounted in the wing roots, but that idea produced an unacceptably high wing loading. Redesignated as FH-1 in 1946, it was the first USN all-jet carrier fighter.
  McDonnell XFD-1 (McDonnell Douglas)

XFD-1 1945 = ff: 1/26/45, using one engine—the other was simulated by ballast. POP: 2.

FD-1 1946 = Squared vertical tail; later models with ventral fuel tank. POP: 60 from a contract for 100.

FH-1 SEE FD-1
H-20 1947 = OH flying test stand without tail rotor. World's first ramjet helicopter, a powered framework, dubbed "Little Henry," weighing only 280 lbs. POP: 1 as XH-20.
  McDonnell HCH Mock-up (McDonnell Douglas)

HCH (Model 86) - USN VERTREP (vertical replenishment) 2pCH, ship-to-ship and -shore crane planned for two 3750hp Allison XT56-A-2 turboshafts. Project cancelled 1/18/59 at mock-up stage, but 3 s/ns as XHCH-1 [138654/138656] were assigned.
  McDonnell XHJD-1 (McDonnell Douglas)

HJD, HJH Whirlaway 1946 = USN CH with two 450hp P&W R-985; rotor: 46-50' length: 32'2" load: 3000# v: 120/90/0 range: 300. World's first twin-motor helicopter, weighing six tons, developed from Platt-LePage PL-9. POP: 1 as XHJD-1 [44318], later redesignated XHJH-1.
  McDonnell XHRH (McDonnell)

HRH - USN heavy assault, turboprop-driven helicopter project; project cancelled after mock-up stage, but s/ns [133736/133738] assigned.
L-25 SEE V-1.
  McDonnell XP-67 (McDonnell Douglas)

P-67 1944 = 1pCmwM rg; two 1600hp Continental IV-1430; span: 55'0" length: 44'9" load: 5370# v: 405/270/x range: 2385 ceiling: 37,000'. Construction in 1941, but ff: 1/6/44. POP: 1 as XP-67 [42-11677]. Nicknamed "Bat." Underpowered, and plagued with test flight problems, it caught fire in its final landing in Sept 1944 and was destroyed.
  McDonnell XV-1 (US Army)

V-1, L-25 1954 = Army research vehicle. Twin-boom, twin-tail, fixed-wing 2pCH with three-blade rotor driven by compressed-air tip jets; 165hp Continental R-975-19 turned a pusher prop and supplied air to the pressure jets during flight; rotor: 31'0" span: 26'0" length: 30'0" load: 1228# v: 203/138/0 range: 593 ceiling: 19,800'; ff: 2/15/54. Set world helicopter speed records in 1955 of 180mph, then 200mph in 1956—the first rotorcraft to achieve that speed. POP: 2 as XL-25/XV-1 [53-4016/4017]. At end of testing, the first went to Ft Rucker Museum, the second to NASM.
  McDonnell Douglas 188 (MDD via Dan Shumaker)

-Douglas 188 1964 - STOL passenger aircraft based on the French Breguet 941. Licensed French manufacture.
-Douglas 530 1982 = Civil version of OH-6. Became Boeing 520 in 1991.
-Douglas C-9 Nightingale, Skytrain II 1970 = Military version of Douglas DC-9-32. POP: 21 as USAF C-9A Nightingale [67-22583/22586, 68-8932/8935, -10958/10961, 71-874/882], 17 to USN/USMC as C-2B Skytrain II [159113/159120, 160046/160051, 161266, 161529/161530] plus 4 ex-Australian DC-9-31 airliners [162390/162393] and 2 ex-Dutch DC-9-33 airliners [162753/162754].
VC-9 1976 = Douglas DC-9-30 as USAF executive transport. POP: 3 as VC-9C [73-1681/1683].
-Douglas C-10 SEE MDD KC-10
  McDonnell Douglas YC-15 (McDonnell Douglas)

-Douglas C-15 1975 = STOL transport. ChwM rg; four 16000# P&W JT8D-17; span: 132'0" and 110'0" length: 124'3" load: 111,700# v: 500/x/98 range: (STOL) 460 (conventional) 2990. Minimum field length: 2000'. POP: 2 as YC-15. Stored for 18 years, and refitted with four JT8D-15As, the first was reactivated in Apr 1995 for use in testing flight control and cargo handling systems, and other advanced technologies.

Two YC-15 aircraft flew in Aug and Dec 1975, and completed initial test flying in Aug 1976. (— Ray A Sypher 1/17/02)
  McDonnell Douglas C-17 (McDonnell Douglas)
  McDonnell Douglas C-17 Even big birds get thirsty (USAF)

-Douglas C-17 Globemaster III 1990 = ChwM rg; four 37000# P&W F117; span: 165'0" length: 175'2" load: 311,000# v: x/508/x range: 2765. POP: 1 by 1990 as YC-17A [87-0025].
  McDonnell Douglas DC-10 (Douglas)

-Douglas DC-10 - Commercial jet airliner. 208-380pClwM rg; three turbojet engines; ff: 8/29/70.
DC-10-10 1970 = Optimized for US domestic operations. 40000# GE CF6; span: 155'4" length: 181'5" load: 194,600# v: 589/574/x range: 2300. POP: 138.

DC-10-20 1972 = Prototype for -10-40. POP: 1 [N141US].

DC-10-30 1972 = Intercontinental version with 51000# CF6; span: 165'4" length: 181'7" load: 289,500# range: 4,690. POP: 194.

DC-10-40 19xx = 50000# P&W JT9D; span: 165'4" length: 182'3" load: 289,200# range: 4075. POP: 42.

  McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Chow time! (McDonnell Douglas)
  McDonnell Douglas VC-10 USAF? Not hardly... (Air International)

-Douglas KC-10 Extender 1980 = Military tanker-cargo version of DC-10. POP: 60 as KC-10A, a designation that varies from the standard military system—"K" had never been used as a stand-alone USAF registration—but someone decided it was more logical than KDC-10. So, excepting a long-ago Curtiss Robin XC-10, there is no USAF C-10 of record except for temporary s/n assignments [68-10378/92] to the unbuilt Handley-Page HP.137 Jetstream. SEE About KC-10
  McDonnell Douglas F-15 (McDonnell Douglas)

-Douglas F-15 Eagle - 1pCmwM rg; two 23950# P&W F100-P turbofans; span: 42'10" length: 63'9" load: 41,000# v: 1650+ range: 2878 ceiling: 60,000'; ff: 7/x/72.
  McDonnell Douglas F-15A (USN)

F-15A 1972 = POP: 306 by 1977 [71-280/289, 72-113/120, 73-85/107, 74-81/136, 75-18/79 76-8/113, 76-1505/1523, 77-63/84].

F-15B 1975 = 2p version of F-15A. POP: 60 by 1977 [71-290/291, 73-108/114, 74-137/142, 75-80/89, 76-124/141, -1524/1525, 77-154/168].

  McDonnell Douglas F-15C (USAF)

F-15C 1979 = Increased internal fuel.

F-15D 1979 = Two-seat version of F-15C.

  McDonnell Douglas F-15E (USAF)

F-15E 19?? =

-Douglas F-23 SEE Northrop-McDonnell Douglas F-23.
-Douglas H-6 Cayuse - US Army observation, developed from Hughes 369. 4pCH; 317hp Allison T63-A turboshaft; rotor: 26'4" length: 30'9" load: 1544# v: 150/x/0 range: 413 ceiling: 15,800'; ff: 2/x/63. Total H-6 production: 1,434. Exported as Model 500.
AH-6 Defender (Model 530) 19?? = Power upgrade and refined aerodynamics for Special Forces.

OH-6A 1966 =

OH-6D 19?? =

  Hughes 77

-Douglas H-64 Apache (Hughes) - US Army attack helicopter, originally developed as 1975 Hughes 77. 2pCH rg*; two 1536hp GE T700-GE-700 turboshafts; rotor: 48'0" length: 49'5" load: 7382# v: 232/182/0 range: 380 ceiling: 20,500'. T-tail, articulated four-blade rotor, * semi-retracting gear; ff (as Hughes 77): 10/x/75 [73-22248/22249].
McDonnell Douglas AH-64A

AH-64A 1984 = Nose-mounted Target Acquisition & Designation System (TADS) sensing and guidance turret, terrain-avoidance flight systems for night operations. POP: c.675.

AH-64B 1985 = 1150-mile internal range.

  McDonnell Douglas MD-11 (McDonnell Douglas)

-Douglas MD-11 1990 = Commercial airliner. 233-298pClwM rg; GE CF6-80; length: 200'10"; ff: 1/10/90. Production halted by Boeing in 1988 after 178 units were built. First commercial aircraft to "fly by wire"—from take-off to landing (US to Germany) without a pilot's hands on the controls.
  McDonnell Douglas MD-80 (McDonnell Douglas)

-Douglas MD-80 1980 = Commercial airliner. two P&W JT8D-200; span: 107'10" length: 147'10" range: 1750-3260.
MD-81 19?? =

  McDonnell Douglas MD-82 [N902TW] (Jamie Lee/Douglas)

MD-82 19?? =

MD-83 19?? =

MD-87 19?? = length: 130'5".

MD-88 19?? =

-Douglas MD-90 1993 = Commercial airliner. 155pClwM rg; two 12500# Intl Aero V2500; span: 107'10" length: 152'7" v: x/c.500/x; ff: 2/22/93.
-Douglas MD-95 1995 - Became Boeing 717-200.
-Douglas MD-520N (Boeing) 199? = 4pCH; 450hp Allison 250-C20R; rotor: 27'5" span: 32'1". NOTAR technology, five-blade rotor.
  McDonnell Douglas MD-600N [N605AS] (Boeing)

-Douglas MD-600N (Boeing) 199? = 2-8pCH; 600hp Allison 250-C47; rotor: 27'6" length: 35'11". NOTAR technology, six-blade rotor.
  McDonnell Douglas MD-902 [N977LF] (Boeing)

-Douglas MD-902 Explorer (Boeing) 199? = 2-8pCH; two P&W 206E turbines; rotor: 33'10" length: 38'10". NOTAR technology, five-blade rotor.
-Douglas T-45 Goshawk 1995 = Trainer. 2pClwM rg.
  McDonnell Douglas X-36 (McDonnell Douglas)

-Douglas X-36 1995 - A scaled, remotely-piloted, tailless design for a stealthy fighter aircraft that, according to a MDD press release, "could dramatically change the look of future jet fighters. By eliminating the need for tail control surfaces, future tailless aircraft will weigh less, fly farther, and be able to survive better than today's fighters." Designed by engineers from NASA Ames Research Center and McDonnell Douglas Aerospace.
  McDonnell Douglas-BAe AV-8B

-Douglas-BAe AV-8 Harrier - Co-production of Harrier jump-jet with British Aerospace; ff (USA): 11/5/81.
  MDD-Northrop F-18 Tailhooking (USN)
  MDD-Northrop RF-18

-Douglas-Northrop F-18, A-18 Hornet (MDD Model 267, Northrop Model P-630) - Multimission strike fighter. Contractor was Boeing Co.
YF-18 1978 = 1pCmwM rg; two 16000# GE F400; span: 40'5" length: 56'0"; ff: 11/19/78. POP: 11 [160775/160785].

F-18A 1980 = 1pCmwM rg; two 17700# GE F404; span: 40'5" length: 56'0" v: 1350+ range: 390-460 (with external tanks: 2875) ceiling: 50,000'. POP: ??; 54 to RAAF and 64 to Spain.

CF-18A 1982 = All-weather interceptor export to Canada. POP: 113.

TF-18A 19?? - Temporary designation for 2p trainer, Became F-18B.

F-18B 19?? = 2p carrier-based trainer. Redesignated from TF-18A.
CF-18A 1982 = 2p trainer version export to Canada. POP: 24.
  MDD-Northrop F-18C (USN)

F-18C 1987 =

F-18D 1987 = 2p.

  MDD-Northrop F-18E Sonic ka-boom! (USN)

F-18E Super Hornet 1995 = Upgraded weaponry and increased fuel; two 22000# GE F414 span: 44'11" length: 60'3" v: 1350+ range: 480-598.

  MDD-Northrop F-18F (USN)

F-18F Super Hornet 1995 = 2p.

F-18L 1982 = Land-based ground-attack export version.

SOURCES:
-- McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Since 1920, René J Francillon [Naval Institute Press 1979, 1988]