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Boeing C-17 Fuselage Trucked Through Long Beach Streets In Dead Of Night

Ben Wojdyla — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:30:00 EDT

A brand-new Boeing C-17 cargo plane fuselage was trucked out of Long Beach, California last night via the Pacific Coast Highway to a ship waiting to transport the 50-ton plane to Virginia for training use. Video below.

The 25-foot tall, 170-foot long, 50-ton fuselage was shipped from its previous home at the Boeing C-17 assembly plant in Long Beach to Seal Beach, where the awaiting Army logistics vessel Robert T. Kuroda awaited its cargo. The vessel with its load of giant cargo plane will travel south to the Panama Canal, then through the Gulf of Mexico, up the eastern seaboard to Virginia, where it will be offloaded and taken to Ft. Lee. It's planned as a training shell for practice with loading and unloading the giant beasts.

The big move started around 10 PM last night, when a convoy of vehicles including police and utility workers joined the plane as an escort, diverting traffic, lifting power lines, and cleaning up tree branches knocked down by the plane. The eight mile journey took about five hours, with the plane reaching port around 3 AM.

[OC Register]

Photo Credit: kingair42 @ Flickr

Long Beach K9 Officers Association Car Show

Ray Wert — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:32:40 EDT

Filed under: Sedans/Saloons, Sports/GTs, Wagons/Estates, Chevrolet, Dodge, Ford, Police/Emergency, Lifestyle

Click above for more photos of classic cars and dogs

City of Long Beach police cruisers were movie stars in the original Gone in 60 Seconds film. The 1970's cult classic featured the black and white playing chase with a 1973 Ford Mustang Mach 1. These days, though, the officers use more efficient methods to capture muscle cars; they invite them over for a fundraising car show. Over the weekend, the Long Beach Police Academy held a classic car show to benefit the department's K9 Officers Association. A few dozen impeccable examples of automobile preservation took over the grounds of the Long Beach Police Officers Association Park. Not to be rude hosts, the organization even showed off an old Dodge Cornet and Model T police cruiser amongst the numerous Bel Airs, Mustangs and Vegas.

Browsing through the rows of vintage automobiles wasn't the only event incentive for us to attend. The Orange County German Shepherd rescue showed off dogs available for adoption and the K9 officers put on a training demonstration. As a new GSD owner, I could not resist the combination of sleek cars and furry wet noses. The dual purpose car show/charity event is always a relaxing way to spend a Saturday afternoon. Be sure and check out the event gallery in the link below.

Gallery: 2008 Long Beach K9 Officer Benefit Car Show

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Coop Hits the Swap Meet

Davey G. Johnson — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:45:00 EDT

The one and only Mister Cooper got together with Señor Jalopy and belly-tank Bobby to hit a Model T swap meet in the fine city of Long Beach. As one of the few art critics Los Jalops intrinsically respect — as he himself has a bit of the old artist in him — we dig the man's take on the inherent majesty of the layout of parts on row after row of high-school gym tables covered in whatever's handy. Tin Lizzie-ownership fantasies will soon follow if you've got an American red blood cell in your body. [Positive Ape Index]

BMW 1-Series Spotted in Long Beach, Cal-i-forn-i-a

Mike Spinelli — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 15:44:49 EDT

Long time Jalop lurker and new buddy John spotted a BMW 1-Series on the streets of Long Beach, sans badging, and nabbed it by cameraphone.

I saw this on my way home yesterday (along Ocean Blvd. heading away from the Ports of LA & Long Beach) and didn't recognize it. No badges, but it had dealer plates and was following another beamer (also with dealer plates).

Although a new, 1-Series coupe is reportedly headed this way, it won't likely be a hatch like this one. (It'll be the one with the trunk). Some company man's probably just having a bit of a laugh. Still, it cruises the LB as if it belonged there. We could almost picture Dub Allstars and the Carpenters sharing a sandwich and gossiping about inline sixes. – Mike Spinelli

Peterbilt Goes Hybrid, We Applaud Peterbilt

Davey G. Johnson — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 22:30:00 EST

In San Pedro there is problem. And the problem is transport. We hammer on this point like Sweet Peet on his "product, product, product" mantra, but the movement of goods in and out of the harbor has created a massive air-pollution problem. One application where we see hybrid technology as especially beneficial is in medium-to-heavy-duty, short-haul vehicles that require serious torque to get up and go. Just like the container-bearing trucks that clog the southern terminus of the 710 at practically all hours. Peterbilt (East Bay, represent!) apparently agrees and will be displaying two new vehicles at the Hybrid Truck Users Forum next week in San Diego. (Who knew there was such a gathering?)

We know we've got a tendency to give hybrid drivers much shit, generally because they're ill-informed about what they're paying for and give us cross looks when they see our SUV. But seeing as we've put — at most — 200 gallons of gas in it in the last year and they burned far more not using their electric motors on long, single-occupant carpool-lane commutes, screw 'em. We can be self-righteous too, if you haven't noticed. But to us, this heavy-truck-hybrid business is simply brilliant.

According to Peterbilt, their Model 335's diesel will only run for one hour per eight hours of operation. They've also been playing with hydraulic hybrid technology, specifically aimed at the low-speed world of refuse collection. If it works as advertised, get this technology into the Ports of Los Angeles/Long Beach and onto the 710 freeway ASAP. It'd make a world of difference here. Now if we could only do something about the congestion... – Davey G. Johnson

Peterbilt to Introduce Medium-Duty Hybrid Truck for Fuel Savings of 30-40%>a [Green Car Congress]

Road Rage Against the Machine: Out-of-Control Car Slams into Gas Station

Mike Spinelli — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 13:30:32 EDT

Police say it was a road rage incident that led to a woman's car careening into a gas station in Long Beach, Calif yesterday. The car slammed into another pump before starting a fire. Neither she nor a passenger were injured, but video of the incident from CNN shows the driver of another car, while uninjured himself, escaping from the blaze, then running back to get something out if his car — as if the it were not right next to a gas-fueled fireball. C'mon, who's never seen "Bullitt"?

Road Rage Causes a Fiery Crash at a Local Gas Station [ABC7.com]

Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to Clean Up

Davey G. Johnson — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 22:00:00 EDT

The other day, Bumbeck said to us, "Man, I may as well just go back to smoking," in reference to the air quality in LA. He's up in the hills, while we're at the tip of the Palos Verdes Peninsula. We're also three blocks from the Port of Los Angeles, which, combined with the Port of Long Beach, create the busiest port facility in the US, and the fourth-largest in the world. What's more the ports handle a mind-boggling 40% of the cargo to enter the United States each year. And due to the ships' massive two-stroke diesels burning high-sulfur fuel and the aging fleet of short-haul trucks used to ferry cargo from berths to railcars, it's also a source of massive air pollution. Officials have just revealed a plan to change that.

Under the plan, each port will contribute $100,000,000 to replace the trucks. Meanwhile, cargo ships will be required to run on low-sulfur fuel within 20 miles of the harbor. The docks will altro be retrofitted, at customer expense, to allow freighters to run on electrical power while dockside, instead of keeping the stanky diesels idling. One interesting sticking point that's hung in the craw of environmental groups: apparently, it isn't clear whether the rules will also apply to cruise ships and tankers.

To finance the trucks, port officials are floating a bond measure in September, noting that the funding will have to come from other places if CARB doesn't approve all of the bond money they need.

Dear CARB. Stop picking on classic-car lovers and do something about the ports. We're willing to bet you that they pollute more in a day than every over-30 classic still on the road in California combined does.

Los Angeles, Long Beach ports unite on proposal to fight air pollution [USA Today]

Hydrogen Hoedown in Long Beach

Davey G. Johnson — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 21:37:42 EST

"Scream for me Long Beach! Scream for me Long Beach! The Graf Zeppelin!" Okay, maybe those weren't Bruce Dickinson's exact words, and maybe there won't be any dirigibles in attendance (although the Goodyear Blimp flew over an hour or two ago, and Long Beach is the next town south of us here in Pedro), but the National Hydrogen Association opened its annual conference to the public today. Held at the Long Beach Convention Center, it features fuel-cell cars, manufacturers and energy producers, all coming up with ways to better use nature's lightest molecule. Explosive!

Hydrogen power has a gathering in Long Beach [Fuel Cell Works]

The Gray Race: Bad Religion to Rock Long Beach Grand Prix

Davey G. Johnson — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 15:30:00 EST

Beer, babes and Bad Religion. Kind of an incongruous combination, but that's the lineup for Saturday night after the Long Beach GP KROQ's Rock 'n' Roar show, followed by the Tecate Miss Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach pageant. Still, we caught BR in Austin a year and a half ago, and they turned in the best set we've ever seen them play. After all, got our first speeding ticket listening to their 1990 classic, Against the Grain, which to this day, still remains one of our very favorite records.

Bad Religion Set to Rock Saturday Night at Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach [longbeachgp.com]

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