David Sloan Lewis Jnr could have made McDonnell Douglas the world’s leader in aerospace but incredibly shortsighted decisions by the late James McDonnell sent the corporation into decades of indecision and finally a merger with Boeing.
The merger between the McDonnell Aircraft Company and the Douglas Aircraft Company in 1967 should have been the aviation merger of the century but it was an utter disaster.
McDonnell was the preeminent producer of military fighters and spacecraft, while Douglas was a giant in civil read more ⇒
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