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McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet
The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet, also called the FA-18, is a carrier-capable multirole fighter and attack aircraft of the United States Navy and Marine Corps, entering service in 1983.
McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender
The McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender, or KC-10, is a three-engine tanker and cargo aircraft derived from the DC-10 that served the US Air Force from 1981 to 2024.
McDonnell Douglas MD 500 Defender
The McDonnell Douglas MD 500 Defender, later sold as the MD Helicopters Defender, is an American light multi-role military helicopter developed from the Hughes OH-6A Cayuse.
McDonnell Douglas MD-11
The McDonnell Douglas MD-11 is a three-engine wide-body airliner developed as a stretched successor to the DC-10, flying since 1990 and now almost exclusively a freighter.
McDonnell Douglas MD-12
The McDonnell Douglas MD-12 was a proposed four-engine, double-deck superjumbo airliner seating up to 511 passengers, studied by McDonnell Douglas from 1988 until 1992 and never built.
McDonnell Douglas MD-80
The McDonnell Douglas MD-80, also known as the Super 80 or DC-9-80, is a stretched twin-engine jet airliner, a growth version of the DC-9 produced from 1980 to 1999.
McDonnell Douglas MD-90
The McDonnell Douglas MD-90 is a twin-engine short-to-medium-range airliner developed from the MD-80, powered by IAE V2500 turbofans; 116 were built from 1995 to 2000.
McDonnell Douglas T-45 Goshawk
The McDonnell Douglas T-45 Goshawk is a tandem-seat, carrier-capable jet trainer derived from the British Aerospace Hawk that trains US Navy and Marine Corps pilots, entering service in 1991.
McDonnell Douglas X-36
The McDonnell Douglas X-36, later the Boeing X-36, was a 28-percent-scale remotely piloted tailless fighter demonstrator flown at NASA's Dryden center in 1997 and 1998.
McDonnell Douglas YC-15
The McDonnell Douglas YC-15 was a four-engine prototype STOL tactical transport built for the Air Force's 1970s AMST competition; its upgraded design became the C-17 Globemaster III.
McDonnell F-101 Voodoo
The McDonnell F-101 Voodoo was a twin-engine supersonic jet fighter built by McDonnell Aircraft for the US Air Force, serving as a fighter-bomber, interceptor, and reconnaissance aircraft into the 1980s.
McDonnell F2H Banshee
The McDonnell F2H Banshee, also called the F2D Banshee, was a twin-engine carrier-based jet fighter for the United States Navy, in service from 1949 to 1959.
McDonnell F3H Demon
The McDonnell F3H Demon was a carrier-based, all-weather jet interceptor flown by the United States Navy from 1956 to 1964, and the aircraft from which McDonnell developed the F-4 Phantom II.
McDonnell FH Phantom
The McDonnell FH Phantom, also known as the FH-1 Phantom, was a twin-engine carrier-based jet fighter that became the first U.S. jet to operate from an aircraft carrier.
McDonnell XV-1
The McDonnell XV-1 was an experimental convertiplane built by McDonnell Aircraft for a joint Army and Air Force program, first to exceed 200 mph in VTOL flight.
MD Helicopters MD 500
The MD Helicopters MD 500 is a family of American single-engine light utility helicopters descended from the Hughes OH-6A Cayuse, with over 4,000 built and production continuing in Mesa, Arizona.
MD Helicopters MH-6 Little Bird
The MD Helicopters MH-6 Little Bird is a light helicopter carrying special operations troops, flown exclusively by the US Army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
Medical certifications for pilots
Medical certifications for pilots, also known as a flight physical, are official determinations by an aviation authority that a pilot is physically and mentally fit to fly.
Meigs Field
Meigs Field, formally Merrill C. Meigs Field Airport, was a Chicago airport on Northerly Island in Lake Michigan, operating from 1948 until its abrupt closure in 2003.
Melbourne Airport
Melbourne Airport, also known as Tullamarine Airport, is the primary international airport serving Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It opened in 1970 and operates curfew-free, 24 hours a day.
Melitta Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg
Melitta Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg, born Melitta Schiller, was a German aeronautical engineer and test pilot who developed dive-bombing sights for the Luftwaffe and died in 1945.
Memphis Belle (aircraft)
The Memphis Belle is a Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress bomber that completed 25 missions over occupied Europe in 1943, the first US heavy bomber to return home.
Memphis Belle (film)
Memphis Belle (1990), British-American war drama directed by Michael Caton-Jones, written by Monte Merrick, fictionalizing the 25th mission of the B-17 Memphis Belle and William Wyler's 1944 documentary; 107 minutes, PG-13, 68% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Memphis International Airport
Memphis International Airport (MEM), also designated Frederick W. Smith International Airport, serves Memphis, Tennessee, and is the primary overnight sorting hub of FedEx, ranking among the world's busiest cargo airports.
Mental health of pilots
The mental health of pilots is the psychological fitness of flight crews, governed by medical certification in which mood and anxiety disorders can ground pilots who seek help.
Mercury 13
Mercury 13, also called the First Lady Astronaut Trainees, were thirteen American women pilots who passed astronaut physical tests in 1960 and 1961 but never flew in space.
Mesa Airlines
Mesa Airlines is an American regional airline founded in 1982 in Farmington, New Mexico, headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, and best known for flying as United Express.
Messerschmitt
Messerschmitt, formally Messerschmitt AG, was a German aircraft manufacturer founded in 1923 in Bamberg, best known for the Bf 109 fighter and the Me 262 jet.
Messerschmitt Bf 109
The Messerschmitt Bf 109 was a German single-seat fighter monoplane, first flown in 1935, that served as the Luftwaffe's standard fighter throughout World War II.
Messerschmitt Bf 109 variants
The Messerschmitt Bf 109 variants ran from the 1935 prototypes to the K series of 1944–45, with over 33,000 built, including the E, F, G, and K.