Long Beach Airport, Lakewood Boulevard, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, 90846, United StatesMcDonnell Douglas
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This Day in Aviation: "29 August 1970: The McDonnell Douglas prototype widebody airliner, DC-10-10, N10DC, made its first flight from Long Beach Airport to Edwards Air Force Base"; AirlineReporter[4]: "the type's first flight on August 29th, 1970 from Long Beach".The first DC-10-10, N10DC, flew from Long Beach to Edwards Air Force Base on 29 August 1970 in a 3 hour 36 minute flight, reaching 300 knots and 30,000 feet on the first widebody trijet's first outing.
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