ONE LAST TIME

717 production workers Bennie Johnson (left) and Rodrigo Mesquita reflect on the final Boeing 717 as it enters the moving assembly line last month in Long Beach, Calif. The airplane is the last of the McDonnell Douglas–heritage commercial planes. The Long Beach factory spans the Douglas, McDonnell Douglas and Boeing eras and has produced more than 15,000 airplanes since it opened in 1941.