A Look Back at the Douglas/MD/Boeing Long Beach Plant

"Jcarr" (jcarr) 11/30/2015 at 09:42 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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With the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , the future of this historic facility !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Here are a few images of the plant back in rosier times.

ttyymmnn > Jcarr 11/30/2015 at 09:47

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All those A-20s..... Neat pics. Thanks for posting.

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > Jcarr 11/30/2015 at 10:18

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That’s wicked cool!

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Jcarr 11/30/2015 at 11:33

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I have this set as my background right now - it’s hard to say where the picture was taken, though.

Gilbertda > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 11/30/2015 at 12:44

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That car ...does not match the design of the aircraft...aerodynamics of a bedroom.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Gilbertda 11/30/2015 at 12:51

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Meanwhile, it has the interior dynamics of a living room, so at least there’s that. “Don Douglas was crazy enough to buy our car and agree to pose with it... plane, something... I dunno, just roll with it”.

In fairness, they’re saying design in passenger comforts and looks is their thing and not making any claims as to aero. The DC-8 also has some odd visual features, for that matter, but mostly for more clear cut reasons than “we wanted to stiffen up the front fender”.

Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius > Jcarr 12/01/2015 at 09:23

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The Invader could drop its bomb load, then had enough power and turning radius to dogfight with a Messerschmidt. Plenty of guns to get that job done as well.