McDonnell Model 119/220 Memento Booklet

At the finish of the McAir Model 119/220 program, J.S. McDonell (MAC) gave each member of the project team this souvenir booklet as a memento. It has a synopsis of the program, many photos and how the program was envisioned and then executed.

From the book: “At the suggestion of  J. S. McDonnell, the Model 119 designation was canceled and the airplane was re-identified as the Model 220, because the company had just begun its second twenty years in business.”

Credit: Dan Vogt via Greater St. Louis Air and Space Museum

Click here to download booklet in PDF form (34.3 Megs)

McDonnell Model 220 Pilot's Handbook

A copy of the company written pilot’s handbook for the McDonnell Model 220 aircraft, dated 20 June 1960.

The handbook description of the aircraft: “The Model 220 Prototype is a four-engine turbojet executive transport designed to carry l0 passengers over long distances at high altitudes and high speeds. Its appearance is characterized by all metal construction, swept wings, pylon mounted engines, a single swept vertical stabilizer, a swept horizontal stabilizer and a tricycle landing gear. The cabin access door is located on the left side of the fuselage Just forward of the wing.”

Click here to download the handbook in PDF form (157.8 Megs)

McDonnell Aircraft Model 220 Factory Photos

The McDonnell Aircraft Model 220. After McAir lost the contract for the UTX/UCX, the 119 was rebranded as the 220 and marketed as a small, short haul airliner/business jet. Sadly, no orders were forthcoming. Credit: Greater St. Louis Air and Space Museum

Personal note: I have loved this aircraft since I first saw it's sleek lines in Bldg. 42, when I joined the McAir Flight Test Dept. in 1963. This "Baby 707" sat in the corner of the hanger for several years and I got to "fondle" her many times and even went inside the cabin twice! Over the years, I collected everything I could find on her; so. stay tuned!

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More McDonnell Aircraft Model 220 Photos

Seventy One more factory photos of the McDonnell Model 220 aircraft. Flying, hanger, ramp and console photos are included.

Click here to download all photos in one ZIP file (4.2 Megs)

Additional photos here

McDonnell Model 220 Airplane Flight Manual

Complete operating instructions for the McDonnell Model 220 aircraft. Dated 10 June 1960.

Click here to download (13.4 Megs)

Alternate download here

McDonnell 119A Familiarization Manual (Smaller Version)

 Another gem from my archives. This time a copy the the McAir produced McDonnell 119 Familiarization Manual. SEDR-40, dated 1 May 1959. This was part of the U.S. Air Force's UTX/UCX (Utility-Trainer Experimental/Utility-Cargo Experimental) contract program.

Click here to download (18.4 Megs)

Alternate download here

More McDonnell 119/220 info here

McDonnell Aircraft for Sale

 Two McDonnell Aircraft jets have recently come up for sale.

F4H-1 s/n 150310 and the Model 220 utility aircraft. For only $3,950,000, you can have the “World's Only Privately Owned F-4 Phantom Capable of Flight” and for a bargin $225,000, the Model 220.

See info here and here

McDonnell Douglas Lithographs–Part V

220 scans of McDonnell Douglas Lithographs. McDonnell issued a lot of lithographs for publicity and for handouts. Enjoy!

Download  here or here or here (1.3 Gig) Note: Large file!

Other Lithographs here

McDonnell Aircraft Model 119/220 Walk-A-Round Photos

On March 18 2015, Mark Nankivil (President of the Greater St. Louis Air and Space Museum) went to El Paso, TX to phtograph the McAir Model 119/220 as it sits today. Here are those photos. (All 123 of them)

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For the impatient ones, I put them all into a RAR compressed file here (51 Megs)

A Model 220 company film can be had here

McDonnell Model 119/220 Miscellaneous Material

A collection of misc material that I have gathered over the years pertaining to the 119/220 aircraft!

Click here to view misc material

Promotional 119/220 movies:

First movie here

Second movie here

Additional McDonnell Aircraft Model 119 and Model 220 Photos

A collection of other McAir Model 119 and Model 220 photos that I have collected over the years. Credit: Internet and as marked.

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What Killed Douglas Aircraft

The involved tale of why McDonnell Aircraft got to buy Douglas Aircraft in 1967. This paper was authored by Jonathan S. Leonard from the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley

Having been there at that time, I can say two things: First that old man MAC admired Donald Douglas and, since he had always wanted to build commercial aircraft (Think Model 119/220), he was happy to keep the company in business. Second that he knew how a merge was supposed to go, in that the new company became McDonnell Douglas and the Douglas name (and the “bug”) didn’t disappear! Other companies forgot this!!

Click here to download the paper in PDF form

or download from the University here

McDonnell Model 119/220 Articles

A couple of articles that I have found over the years.

The first article is a company reprint form 9 February 1959 “Aviation Week” on the roll out of the new McAir “Turbojet Utility Plane”/.

The second is an article for the McAir “Phantom Flyer” by Bob Burgess entitled “The Baby 707” Enjoy!

Click here to view the two articles