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Santa Monica

City in California, United States, home of the Douglas Aircraft Company's plant and the RAND Corporation's headquarters.

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Also known as
Santa Monica, California
In Santa Monica

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location of

  • Douglas Aircraft Company Primary record 1

    Its plant was at Clover Field, now Santa Monica Airport. Douglas left in 1975 to consolidate its operations in Long Beach.

  • Project RAND Primary record 2

headquarters of

  • RAND Corporation Primary record 3

    RAND still lists Santa Monica as its headquarters.

Proof 3 sources
  1. Santa Monica Airport (SMO) History, City of Santa Monica. Primary record
    Ultimately, after 50 years at the Airport, Douglas closes down its Santa Monica operation, having manufactured a total of 10,724 aircraft at the Airport plant.
  2. Donald Douglas: From Aeronautics to Aerospace, in Realizing the Dream of Flight (NASA SP-2005-4112), NASA, 2005. Primary record
    Activities began in the spring of 1946, operating from offices located in a separate area of the Douglas Aircraft plant at Santa Monica’s municipal airport.
  3. A Brief History of the RAND Corporation, RAND Corporation. Primary record
    Researchers were soon piecing together vacuum tubes and magnetic memory drums in the basement of RAND's new Santa Monica headquarters.
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