Aviation History

The O-2, produced for the U.S. Army Air Service, was the first of a series that remained in production for nine years. […]

The Douglas World Cruiser was one of the most famous of the early Douglas airplanes. […]

The Boeing B-29 Superfortress was a four-engine heavy bomber propeller aircraft flown by the United States Army Air Forces and other military organizations. […]

The Douglas DT Bomber was the company’s first military contract, forging a link between Douglas and the U.S. Navy. […]

Aircraft designer Albert W. Mooney founded the company that bears his name, not once but twice, with vastly different levels of success. […]

The Cloudster was the first Douglas product. It was also the first airplane in history to airlift a useful load exceeding its own weight. […]

The model 40a was the first Boeing airplane to carry passengers, with room for two people in a tiny cabin, as well as cargo space for mail. […]

In 1928, Boeing introduced America’s first airliner designed specifically for passenger comfort and convenience. […]

Early in 1928, Boeing built two new fighter biplanes using bolted aluminum tubing for the fuselage’s inside structure. […]

The Model 15 (PW-9) was the first successful Boeing-designed fighter. […]