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| Author: | bdk [ Fri Oct 05, 2012 4:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Douglas Long Beach finally dead? |
http://www.lbreport.com/news/oct12/doug717.htm Looks like the bulk of the original WW2 vintage Douglas Aircraft plant has been sold to a developer. A couple of more modern office buildings remain, but the last old hangar most recently used as a test lab, is being torn down now. 
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| Author: | The Inspector [ Fri Oct 05, 2012 6:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Douglas Long Beach finally dead? |
Know how ya feel, felt the same watching Boeings Plant 2 come down- like watching the U.S. S. Constitution being cut up for firewood-see if you can grab a tiny piece of history. I've got a bottlecap sized round piece of concrete that used to be part of the King Dome. 
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| Author: | bdk [ Fri Oct 05, 2012 8:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Douglas Long Beach finally dead? |
The plant used to be such a beehive of activity with 3 airframes being built simultaneously and over 25,000 employees. Probably less than 5,000 now, much of that engineering. |
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| Author: | Flying Pencil [ Thu Nov 01, 2012 10:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Douglas Long Beach finally dead? |
Worked there for 3.5 years. If this is the DC-10/MD-11 hangar, that is where I trained and my first exposure to big boys. Cooooool. I was happy to get to C-17 line instead. I hope they make a few dozen more. C-17 we need more of, MUCH more. Yes, biased!  On the flip side, seems to be another example of the slow death of Aviation in the USA. 
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| Author: | bdk [ Fri Nov 02, 2012 11:21 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Douglas Long Beach finally dead? |
No, these were some of the test hangars. The ones on the east side of Lakewood Blvd. are still there. For how long I'm not sure. I thought the "Fly DC Jets" sign was listed as a landmark, so maybe they will stay for a while? |
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| Author: | The Inspector [ Fri Nov 02, 2012 12:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Douglas Long Beach finally dead? |
bdk wrote: No, these were some of the test hangars. The ones on the east side of Lakewood Blvd. are still there. For how long I'm not sure. I thought the "Fly DC Jets" sign was listed as a landmark, so maybe they will stay for a while? Any luck in tracking down the big Globe? |
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| Author: | bdk [ Fri Nov 02, 2012 4:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Douglas Long Beach finally dead? |
There is a copy, but not the original on display in a roundabout near by. |
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| Author: | TD McCoy [ Thu Nov 22, 2012 12:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Douglas Long Beach finally dead? |
Spending nearly Nine years as a Co-pilot on DC6/7 products-mainly DC7 in Airtanker Ops I have soft spot for any Douglas product.. Sad to see. 
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