Boeing tears down historic plant.

Boeing bought up Mc Donnel Douglas during the aerospace mergers of the 90s. There were two plants locally at that time- Douglas Aircraft (DAC) in Long Beach and McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company (MDAC) in Huntington Beach. (other plants such as Douglas El Segundo had been closed over the past decades) Growing up here so many kids I knew had a dad who worked in one form or another with aerospace with one of the many local companies: North American/Rockwell, Lockheed, Northrop/ Grumman, McDD, etc. Witin a short time of the merger, Boeing promptly shut down all of their former competition in the airliner field DAC construction line in Long Beach and tore down most of those historic buildings. All that remains is the C-17 line and that will be leaving soon. Yes, Boeing has a beautiful museum in Seattle. Which I had the pleasure of visiting once while at Ft Lewis. But they have also killed a once vibrant production line of aviation history in California. With the US Space program having a dismal future at this time, I suspect MDAC will soon fall as well. Sad times for American aerospace that has pioneered so much history over the past century. I know the CA state legislature has their huge share of blame in chasing much of that out of state, but Boeing has also had a hand as well.

Let's be practical guys, I've been around Boeing field a lot of times, I know that part of Seattle... there is no room left there and you have to go a way out of Seattle and away from the Sound to find enough land.

Don't get me wrong, I love Boeing and would love to save the plant. I live in Washington and I love the state and Boeing really did build this state. It's just that I would like to see Boeing keep plants in Washington instead of building them elsewhere. Our state government already ran their corporate HQ out of the state. I'm sad to see the old plant go but I'm willing to sacrifice it so Boeing stays centered around Boeing Field. That field contains a hangar/workshop that's constantly restoring aircraft for the fine aviation museum they have on hand. Boeing, ironically, is preserving the Concord for one. I'll take the trade off.

More of our nation's modus operandi - disposable history.

A sad day. The same scene has happened here in Southern California repeatedly as the aerospace giants here shut down their plants and moved elsewhere. Plants that built so much history fade away.