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Compton Air and Space Fair aims to diversify the skies
Community members, city leaders and young aspiring pilots gathered at the Compton/Woodley Airport for Compton’s second annual Air and Space Fair Saturday, Oct. 24. The daylong event featured an array of historic and modern aviation aircraft, flight simulators and interactive aerospace exhibits. Attendees were given the opportunity to step...
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Long Beach Factory Floor Now Holds 8 of Rocket Lab's 18 Military Satellites
Rocket Lab says eight of the 18 military communications satellites it is building for the Space Development Agency are now in production at its Long Beach headquarters. The spacecraft are part of a $515 million deal, and the company’s stock jumped more than 8% on Tuesday. “Eight of 18...
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From Bank Deposits and Mills to Radio Crowds: Burbank’s Early Years
In 1908, Burbank had a population of about 300, but its new bank received $30,000 in deposits on opening day. A few years later, motorcycle police were catching speeders on San Fernando Road, and by 1926, a crowd had gathered outside a local radio shop to follow the World Series. Newspaper accounts and historical photographs capture these and other details of Burbank’s early development.
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Operations at ports of LA, Long Beach face strike threat
LOS ANGELES — About 250 union watchmen at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach could strike as early as 5 p.m. PT this Sunday, Nov. 1, threatening cargo operations at the nation’s busiest container port complex. Members of International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 26 have authorized a strike, according to the Pacific [...] Read More...
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Interstate: The History of the Cadet S-1 Maker
Interstate Aircraft and Engineering Corporation was a small American aircraft manufacturer. It operated from April 1937 to 1945 and was based in El Segundo, California. First called Interstate Engineering, the company changed its name to the Interstate Aircraft and Engineering Corporation around July 1937. The company built a new aircraft plant next to Los Angeles Municipal Airport and began operations there that same month. In August 1938, Don P. Smith became the president, and by mid-1939, the company had 100 employees. In a 1940 court case, the National Labor Relations Board ruled against the company. It ordered the company to stop discriminating against employees who joined the United Automobile Workers union. A few months later, the company created the Cadet, a two-seat monoplane, with production starting in July. The Model S-1B was updated to the XO-63, later renamed the XL-6. The US Army Air Forces received a total of 259 XO-63/L-6/L-8 series aircraft. The company planned to produce 900 aircraft each year.
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Backlog grows as 35,000 containers await rail service at LA–Long Beach
Nearly 35,700 import containers were waiting for on-dock trains at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach this week, as record cargo volumes and reported railcar shortages slowed the movement of freight inland. Of the 35,688 containers awaiting rail service on Oct. 26, 10, 562 had been on the...