McDonnell 119
| McDonnell 119/220 | |
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| Type: | light transport aircraft, business aircraft |
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| First flight: |
February 11, 1959 |
| Production time: |
1959 |
The McDonnell 119/220 was a four-engined business jet aircraft developed by McDonnell in the mid-1950s.
development
The McDonnell 119 was actually intended as an answer to a competition advertised by the US Air Force and should therefore serve as a light transport aircraft and crew trainer. However, since the competition was won by the competitor Lockheed with the Lockheed L-1329 JetStar , the machine was converted to a passenger aircraft and renamed the McDonnell 220. The McDonnell 220 is therefore one of the first business jets. However, the model remained a slacker for civil use, as there was no need for aircraft with such a low capacity of only up to 26 passengers. Direct offers to leading US companies and airlines such as PanAm were rejected. In the following years, the jet was used as a company-owned aircraft and was handed over to the Flight Safety Foundation in Phoenix in the early 1970s . Until the merger with the Douglas Aircraft Company in 1967, McDonnell stayed out of the development of civil aircraft.
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Data |
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| crew | |
| Passengers | 10-26 |
| length | 20.27 m |
| span | 17.55 m |
| height | |
| Wing area | |
| Wing extension | |
| payload | 4,990 kg |
| Empty mass | 10,530 kg |
| Takeoff mass | 18,565 kg |
| Max. Takeoff mass | 20,560 kg |
| Cruising speed | 837 km / h |
| Top speed | 901 km / h (at 11,580 m) |
| Service ceiling | |
| Range | |
| Engines | four Westinghouse J34 -22 engines |
Web links
- Pilot News, April 1982 (English)
- www.boeing.com (picture of a McDonnell 119/220)
- www.fliegerweb.com