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Photograph caption dated February 18, 1958 reads, "Aerial view shows Lockheed Aircraft Corporation's new $9,000,000 Engineering Flight Test Center in Burbank at north end of Lockheed Air Terminal. Housing 1,200 scientists and engineers and covering five acres, center is believed to be industry's most complete and up-to-date flight facility. Hangar doors, three stories high, open directly to apron where Navy WV-2 radar sentry airplane is parked. Upper right area of building is large enough to accommodate four four-engine transports."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Lockheed Air Terminal, Inc Lockheed Aircraft Corporation.--Engineering Flight Test Center Industrial buildings--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Airplanes, Military--United States Parking lots--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Automobiles--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Streets--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Railroad tracks--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Electric lines--Poles and towers Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.) Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)--Aerial views Aerial photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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