From the Delta Archives: ATL “Jet Base” in 1960
You know our aircraft hangars you see from the Atlanta airport runways with the neon “Fly Delta Jets” sign? They’re just one part of an enormous maintenance complex, our Techical Operations Center (TOC), which opened as a new Jet Overhaul Base in December 1960. This photo shows the “Fly Delta Jets” sign being installed on the roof in 1968: O [...]
From the Delta Archives: Speeding Snowbirds South in 1946
Vacationers looking for a fast escape from harsh winter weather, celebrated when Delta became the first airline with non-stop Chicago-Miami service on November 1, 1946. For $59 one-way, you could board a big, four-engined Douglas DC-4 aircraft with “44 roomy seats” and fly an average speed of 218 miles per hour. Flight time to the “Sunshine State” was a speedy 6 [...]
Delta Museum’s Aircraft History Now Live!
Check out the new, expanded Aircraft section of the Delta Museum’s website! All pages are now live, and full of aircraft history from the Delta Archives. You can learn about each type of plane Delta has flown: view unique photos, original documents, and links to video and related websites. Shown here, Delta Douglas DC-10 (N603DA) on a rainy night in [...]
Documenting Northwest’s Pioneering Service to Asia
Recently made a trip up to former Northwest Airlines headquarters in Minneapolis/St. Paul with Delta Museum Director Tiffany Meng. Side note: It was fun for this native Atlantan to see snow before January – not that we often see it then! We were there to collect some amazing Asian airport facilities drawings, found by Brian Ruppert in Corporate Real Estate, [...]
Images of the Week: Northwest Douglas DC-3
The Delta Museum has been working hard this year to collect and preserve Northwest Airlines history in the Delta Corporate Archives housed in Atlanta. A highlight of the incoming materials has turned out to be 2 small photo albums of black and white photos taken in 1939. They show what it was like to fly and work in Northwest’s [...]