northwest airlines
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 DC-3 Aerials
Leave the holiday rush behind and take a little aerial tour with us in one of Northwest Airlines’ first Douglas DC-3s. See what Northwest’s hometown, the Minneapolis/St Paul area of Minnesota, looked like in 1939. We’re ready to go from Northwest’s hangar at the municipal airport near downtown St. Paul (now Holman Field): View of the Mississippi River and St. [...]
Heightened Flight Security Measures
Visit the U.S. Transportation Security Administration to learn about heightened security measures in response to the December 25 incident in which a Northwest Airlines passenger set off a device while the plane was in flight. Passengers are encouraged to be aware of their surroundings and report any suspicious behavior to law enforcement officials. Source
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 [...]