Plant 42 - Site 9 (Palmdale, California)

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Former North American Aviation, the North American Rockwell facility. Production of the B-1B Lancer bomber and STS Space Shuttles occurred here. Now hosts annex facility for NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center and the Kinkisharyo light rail train car factory.

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Coordinates: 34°36'42"N 118°4'35"W

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jjmaccrimmon

In 2006, this hangar was the site of indoor shooting for "Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End." The production crew created Shangai within the cavernous hangar. In 2008, this became an annex to NASA Dryden's atmospheric testbed aircraft.

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