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Douglas DC-8-11 N8008D CN 45252 LN 1 prototype on a test flight in 1959 . #296476359
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30 May 1958: Douglas Aircraft Company Flight Operations Manager and engineering test pilot Arnold G. Heimerdinger, with co-pilot William M. Magruder and systems engineer Paul H. Patten, were scheduled to take off from Long Beach Airport (LGB) on the coast of southern California, at 10:00 a.m., to make the first flight of the new Douglas DC-8 jet airliner, c n 45252, FAA registration N8008D.