City of Wings

The aerospace cradle: the aircraft plants of El Segundo and the South Bay that made LA the capital of American aviation and the Space Age.

Part of Los Angeles

4 moments in this segment.

1. 1935 — Douglas Aircraft, Santa Monica, 1930s (Boeing Classics). On Nov. 30, 1928, Douglas incorporated his business as the Douglas Aircraft Co. Inc. and moved to the completed building in Santa Monica in 1929. In its new facilities, the Douglas Aircraft Co. continued to make observation biplanes and built its first twin-engine aircraft, the T2D-1 torpedo bomber. It also produced a small commercial amphibian, the Sinbad that led to the successful military Dolphin; the famous Douglas Commercial series aircraft DC-1, DC-2, DC-3; the DC-5 and the B-18 Bolo bomber.
2. 1941 — Donald Douglas inspects the Santa Monica plant (1941). Los Angeles, 1941.
3. 1941 — Inside the Douglas Aircraft factory, Santa Monica (1941). Santa Monica Douglas Factory (1941) Click to subscribe!
4. 1947 — Santa Monica & the Douglas Aircraft factory (1940s home movie). Los Angeles, 1943.