Douglas

1921-1967 aerospace manufacturer in the United States
Organization business Q651778
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Douglas was an American aerospace company founded by Donald Wills Douglas, Sr. on January 1, 1921 . It was established as a joint-stock company and headquartered in Long Beach . The company operated in the aerospace industry, specializing in aircraft construction, the manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery, and the weapons industry . Douglas remained in operation until it was dissolved in 1967 .

Douglas

Summary

Douglas is a business[1]. Douglas ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (727 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Douglas is in the country of United States[3].
  • Douglas's instance of is recorded as business[4].
  • Douglas's instance of is recorded as enterprise[5].
  • Douglas's founder is recorded as Donald Wills Douglas, Sr.[6].
  • Douglas's logo image is recorded as Douglas Aircraft Company logo.svg[7].
  • Douglas's followed by is recorded as McDonnell Douglas[8].
  • Douglas's headquarters location is recorded as Long Beach[9].
  • Douglas's headquarters location is recorded as Santa Monica[10].
  • Douglas's ISNI is recorded as 0000000121747451[11].
  • Douglas's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 143772333[12].
  • Douglas's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81039754[13].
  • Douglas's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11588778m[14].
  • Douglas's IdRef ID is recorded as 085830054[15].
  • Douglas's Commons category is recorded as Douglas Aircraft Company[16].
  • Douglas's industry is recorded as aerospace industry[17].
  • Douglas's industry is recorded as aircraft construction[18].
  • Douglas's industry is recorded as manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery[19].
  • Douglas's industry is recorded as weapons industry[20].
  • +1921-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Douglas[21].
  • Douglas was dissolved in +1967-00-00T00:00:00Z[22].
  • Douglas's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01cp1t[23].
  • Douglas's location of formation is recorded as Santa Monica[24].
  • Douglas's military designation is recorded as D[25].
  • Douglas's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Douglas Aircraft Company[26].
  • Douglas's product or material produced is recorded as airliner[27].

Body

Founding

Douglas's founder is recorded as Donald Wills Douglas, Sr.[6]. +1921-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Douglas[21]. Douglas's location of formation is recorded as Santa Monica[24].

Identity

Douglas's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Douglas Aircraft Company'}[28]. Douglas's followed by is recorded as McDonnell Douglas[8]. Douglas's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Douglas'}[29].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Long Beach[9], a city in the United States[30], in United States[31], founded in 1888[32] and Santa Monica[10], a city in the United States[33], in United States[34], founded in 1769[35].

Industry

Industries include aerospace industry[17], aircraft construction[18], manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery[19], and weapons industry[20].

Ownership

Products include airliner[27], military aircraft[36], and missile[37].

Dissolution

Douglas was dissolved in +1967-00-00T00:00:00Z[22].

Why It Matters

Douglas ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (727 views/month).[2] Douglas has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] Douglas is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

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  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . viaf.org. viaf.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . United States Naval Aviation 1910-2010 Volume II Statistics. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [36] . wikidata.org.
  27. [37] . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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