Things that didn't fit on other pages:

Download an interesting Powerpoint file with lots of images of the Long Beach Plant before things started coming down.

This L-1011 is suffering the same ignominious fate as Bldg 5! The PDF file (1.7 MB) shows the salvaging of a Lockheed L-1011 using the same type of "godzilla" machines that are currently chewing up the Douglas plant. Other than that, it really has nothing to do with the demolition or history of Douglas Long Beach. If anyone knows the author of the file, or any other details, please drop us a line so that he or she can be properly credited.

[04-Sep-2003 Update] Dave Houle (DAC Flight Test, 1970-1998) wrote in regarding the popular L-1011 photos. According to Dave, "There is a big airplane metal salvage effort underway at the former AF base at Victorville. I was there a few months ago and some L1011's were being munched. That machine does look familar. Incidentally, there is a Boeing contingent at that airport, many of them from the old DAC FT shop department."

Thanks for the info, Dave!

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McDonnell Douglas Long Beach Plant, circa 1970s? Courtesy xb-70.com