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... DONALD WILLS DOUGLAS 1 892- 1 981 BY ROBERT L JOHNSON DONALD WILLS DOUGLAS aviation pioneer, founder of Douglas Aircraft Company, died on February 1, 1981, in Palm Springs, California.
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... . Ot military air power.
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... He was a leader in developing guided missiles and, later, space vehicles. The Douglas series of Nike antiaircraft missiles provided the foundation for what evolved into the Nation's present ballistic
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... He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1967. Donald Wills Douglas, indeed "one of the very first aircraft engineers," earned a lasting place in history as he helped to make it.
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