HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Res 3562 1986-01-27
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CItY tJf SEA' BEACH, CAt11elRlllIA, CtlIl'llENt'lINf':
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IltIllGU$ AIRC1lAR' tflIDPANlI" Dt-3 tRA!\,~P(\Rt
AIRtRAn 50nl M'J\Ir.Y.JUlAP.l.!
wm tIqt tf>l!Nr.n (\1 tilE cug (\f ilEA' DUtIl OOESl 1lEJIa1l REStlD.'lE:
IftECEA$, the Douglas Aircraft Campany unueileb its Dt-3 transport
Aircraft at Clnuer 1idb in Santa llmIica, California in
1935; anb
IIHEREAJ, IIJI December 17, 1935 the Douglas Aircraft tlDDpan!! llt-3 ube
its first fliQht, tntaling one hour anil 40 minutes; anb
1HEREA$, the Douglas Aircraft COmpany 1)t-3 became legenilary because
of its cmnbina Hnn of speeb, payloab, range, anb eCll1llDllica 1
operation anil sann bnminateil the fielb of commercial trans-
portaHnn thrnughout the lDorlb; anb
mHtREA1>, the C-47 (military uersion of the DC-3) has playeil a part
in a1ml1st euery air force in the lDorlb; anb
1DHEJlEA5l, the Donglas Aircraft tlDDpall!l 1)t-3 has inspireb scnres of
bnnks, nlllllernus sentilr.ental verses anb at least nne sllJlg;
anb
1DIlEREJU, a dtaHam aCClDllpanying a It.,. Air 10rce Exceptimtal ,ervice
AlDad to Iltmalb Dl. Douglas, fl1llllber of Douglas Aircraft
tampanu, hscriheil the 1)t-3 as "umptestimtablll the best
single airplane euer built"; anil
1HEREAt>, before prnbuctinn of the Dt-3 anb its variatiams enbeb,
Douglas Aircraft tampanu hab prnbnceb 455 as cnmmerdal
mbds anb 10,175 for militanl use; anil
1HEREAt>, of the over 10,000 built, there an an estimateb 2,000
1)t-3's in service arnunb the I!lorlb tnun.
IltllD, tIlEREftJRE, BE It Rt9tJoml that the Citn tnundl of the City of
Seal Beach, california, boes herehy cammenb the 'xDnnnell Douglas
tnrporatitm for its leabership in the mnhrn Aertl$pace inbustry anb
its Douglas 1)t-3 nn its 50th Anniversary of service.
l'AS,ED, Al'l'R(lI;!ED AND AD(lFtED hy the tity tnundl of the titll of 'eal
Beach, at a meeting thereof helil on the tlllenty-seventh ilall of Januarl.!,
Nineteen Hunilreil anb Ei9~ 'ix, hy t~ fOlln1DZ II vote: /)
AI:I~ : Cl1llIld lmembe
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Resolution Number~~~
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1, Joanne m. yeo, City Clerk of 'eal Beach, Califarnia, do hereby
certify that the foregoing resolution is the original capy af Resolutian
Number ~ y an file in the office of the chYC~rk, passed, aPJIrnved
and adapte by the City council o~the City of ~each' at a regular
me:~ thereaf held an the ~ fit day of _UII~' 1986.
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