Last Boeing C-17 built in Long Beach takes flight

[M2]

Last Boeing C-17 built in Long Beach takes flight

The last Boeing C-17 Globemaster III cargo plane built at the company's Long Beach plant departed from the facility Sunday, ending production — at least for now — of the last military or civilian aircraft to be built in California.

In an event attended by hundreds of Boeing employees, the aerospace giant officially ended production of the C-17 with a rollout of the final transport and a flyover near the company's assembly plant at Long Beach Airport.

To cheers and shouts of “Here she comes!,” the dark gray C-17 with Qatar Air Force insignia taxied onto the airfield about 12:15 p.m. and paused in front of the crowd that lined Globemaster Way bordering the airport.

It took off 15 minutes later, circled back in a banking turn and passed low over the runway complex. As people clapped, the four-engine plane then climbed steeply and faded into the sky as it headed to San Antonio, where the Qatar government will pick it up early next year...(full story at title link)

[HuggyU2]

The end of the Southern California aircraft manufacturing era.  

"Fly DC Jets".  

[Warrior]

How long until their challenge to the LRS-B contract gets decided? Maybe Boeing will build the new bomber in that plant...

[MD]

How long until their challenge to the LRS-B contract gets decided? Maybe Boeing will build the new bomber in that plant...

Boeing is apparently done with LGB operations, and rumor is Gulfstream may be expanding their finishing facilities from the terminal side of the airfield to there.