Long Beach Airport, Lakewood Boulevard, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, 90846, United StatesDouglas Aircraft Company
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This Day in Aviation: the crew were "scheduled to take off from Long Beach Airport ... at 10:00 a.m." and, after a ten minute fog delay, "Taking off at 10:10 a.m." on 30 May 1958 (PDT, UTC-7).[1]Douglas test pilot Arnold Heimerdinger flew the first DC-8 jetliner, N8008D, from Long Beach on 30 May 1958 to Edwards Air Force Base, a flight of about two hours before a crowd estimated at 50,000.
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