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MIAMI – Today in Aviation, the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 took to the skies for the first time in 1965, gaining its type certificate nine months later.
During the 1950s, there was a growing demand for economic aircraft for frequent short-haul flights to small airports with short runways. In order to meet this demand, the Douglas Aircraft Company (DAC) worked on a design to complement its DC-8 family aircraft.
Initially, DAC designed a four-engine aircraft that did not attract enough interest from customers. Then, in 1960, subscribed a two-year contract with France’s Sud Aviation to support, produce and market a licensed version of its Caravelle in the United States. However, the venture did not prosper as expected, and Douglas went back to the design board once the Caravelle contract expired. ....

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