"Today the McDonnell Douglas Corporation is the largest Aerospace company in the country with backorders that total billions of dollars. The aerospace technology developed by their various divisions helps insure that America will be militarily strong, as well as being a leader in producing safe air transportation for the airlines of the world. Furthermore, there are many by-products of the Space Age that have been developed by the company which will give us goods and services for a better way of life. In this book: You will meet the men and women who have performed the tasks that give McDonnell Douglas its leadership role in these developments. You will fly with test pilots when they dared to break through the once-feared sound Barrier - the 'Brick Wall in the Sky.' You will see the birth of a giant wide-bodied airliner - the DC-10. You will meet two men - Mr. Douglas and Mr. McDonnell - who founded this aerospace giant, and learn of their thoughts and views of yesterday, today and tomorrow. You will meet Astronauts on their way to the moon, and learn first-hand about the vehicles which put them on their way to the stars. You will 'sit in' on executive meetings and see the giants of industry at work, and learn how they put it all together and keep it that way. You will meet the engineers who design the latest spacecraft, and the production workers who turn these dreams into hardware. It's all there and much more in The McDonnell Douglas Story told in a dramatic, fast-moving style. Hundreds of photographs in black-and-white and color help put you right there where the action is. It will make you proud to be an American."
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