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On this day in 1959, the DC-8 entered service with Delta Air Lines and United Air Lines. In 2021, SFO Museum presented our scale 1:10 DC-8 cutaway model created by Pacific Miniatures in Alhambra, California. #52Objects #AvGeek #DC8 https://t.co/IrPJ5oDXwo This tweet was posted on September 18, 2023.
Designed by French engineer Pierre Satre and British engineer Sir Archibald Russell, the aircraft featured a highly-swept delta wing and was one of only a few commercial aircraft to employ a design without a horizontal stabilizer on the tail. #SSTFirstGeneration This tweet was posted on December 01, 2023.
In 1986, Republic was accumulating losses due to airline buyouts and new fleet purchases, the airline, then was absorbed by Northwest Airlines, which in turn was merged into Delta Air Lines in 2010. #DefunctThursday #RepublicAirlines #AvGeek This tweet was posted on November 03, 2022.
Lockheed’s SST design was similar the Concorde, both aircraft featuring a long nose section, a delta wing, and a long narrow body. By 1967, Lockheed constructed a full-size display of the L-2000 SST and was actively promoting the aircraft to major airlines. #SSTFirstGeneration This tweet was posted on February 09, 2023.
Delta’s inaugural flight from Dallas, Texas, to Jackson, Mississippi, via Shreveport and Monroe, Louisiana, on a Travel Air S-6000-B airplane carried five passengers and one pilot. #Delta #AvGeek This tweet was posted on June 17, 2022.
From a crop-dusting operation to a global airline, Delta was founded in 1925 as Huff Daland Dusters, one of the first aerial crop-dusting companies, and incorporated as Delta Air Service in 1928, the company’s first passenger flight occurred #onthisday in 1929. This tweet was posted on June 17, 2022.
Fun fact: when Huff Daland Dusters became Delta Air Service, its name was in honor of the Mississippi Delta region. #Delta #AvGeek #AviationHistory This tweet was posted on June 17, 2022.
📸 2/2: postcard: Delta Air Lines, Douglas; 1940s Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2015.166.0607 This tweet was posted on June 17, 2022.
📸1/2: promotional prints: Delta Air Lines, 50th Anniversary; 1979 Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2015.160.590 a y luggage label: Delta Air Lines; c. 1948 Gift of Thomas G. Dragges in memory of Robert May 2001.109.124 This tweet was posted on June 17, 2022.
Despite expansion into new destinations the airline had crippling financial issues. It was acquired by Delta Air Lines in August 1972. #DefunctThursday #NortheastAirlines #AvGeek #AviationHistory This tweet was posted on June 23, 2022.
Increased competition and labor costs in the 2000s caused the airline filed for bankruptcy protection in 2005. In 2008, the company merged with Delta Airlines to form the world's largest airline. #DefunctThursday #NorthwestOrient This tweet was posted on June 30, 2022.
📸: miniature playing cards: British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC); c. 1970 Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2010.104.152 https://t.co/e59wLKKL60 playing cards: Delta Air Lines, San Francisco; 1975 Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2010.104.362 https://t.co/NhbfCnLa1s This tweet was posted on July 01, 2022.
In 1986, USAir, driven by other mergers taking place in the aviation industry, (Western airlines was purchased by Delta Air Lines and AirCal was bought by American Airlines) acquired PSA. PSA's last flight was on April 8, 1988. #DefunctThursday #PacificSouthwestAirlines #AvGeek This tweet was posted on October 21, 2022.
📸1/2: article: Delta Air Lines, Airbus A320-200; 2019 Gift of Charlie Volkman 2019.033.003 a b poster: Airbus A320, cockpit simulation; 1980s Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2010.105.570 This tweet was posted on October 13, 2021.
Delta initially packaged its 880 flights as a premium service configured for seventy-two first-class passengers. Its first-class lounge was touted as the largest available in a jetliner. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on July 14, 2021.
In 1960, Delta Airlines proudly introduced the 615 miles-per-hour Convair 880, produced by the Convair Division of General Dynamics, of San Diego, California. In January 1962, the airliner achieved a record top speed of 715 mph on a flight from Chicago to Miami. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on July 14, 2021.
📸 1/1: All: Convair 880 advertisement: Convair 880; 1960 Purchase 2012.118.002 brochure: Delta Air Lines; 1960 Gift of David A. Abercrombie in memory of Stanley A. Abercrombie 2001.039.244 postcard: Delta Air Lines; c. 1960 Gift of David Armstrong Abercrombie 2015.037.119 This tweet was posted on July 14, 2021.
In September 1959, the DC-8 entered service with Delta and United, nearly a year after the introduction of the Boeing 707. Although initially not as successful as the 707, the DC-8 had a more viable lifespan within the commercial aviation industry. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on July 07, 2021.
#Onthisday in 2017, Delta Air Lines’ last 747 took its final scheduled international flight from Seoul, South Korea, to Detroit. Did you ever fly on a #Delta Boeing 747? #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on December 18, 2020.
RT @Delta: How it started: How it’s going: This tweet was posted on October 07, 2020.
#Onthisday in 2017, Delta Air Lines’ last 747 took its final scheduled international flight from Seoul, South Korea to Detroit, Michigan. Though originally scheduled December 17th, the flight was rescheduled for December 19. Did you ever fly on a #Delta Boeing 747? #avgeek This tweet was posted on December 19, 2019.
#Onthisday in 1959, @united & @Delta introduced the Douglas DC-8. Delta’s first DC-8 flight departed from New York Idlewild (later JFK) to Atlanta at 09:20AM. United’s first DC-8 flight departed from @flySFO to NYC 2 hrs & 10 min later. Have you ever flown on a DC-8? #avgeek This tweet was posted on September 18, 2019.
#Onthisday in 1973, the first non-stop #Concorde flight over the North Atlantic was completed in a record-breaking duration of 3 hrs 33 min. The trip from Washington to Paris was completed by Concorde 02 (F-WTSA), which can be visited at Musee Delta, Orly Airport, Paris, France This tweet was posted on September 26, 2019.
Where would you like to go this summer? Us? We’re dreaming of a beachside vacation! Image: Delta Air Lines poster, Florida, 1980s. Gift of Thomas G. Dragges. 2015.109.044 . . . #TravelTuesday #Florida #Delta #1980s #graphicdesign #poster #vacationstyle This tweet was posted on August 13, 2019.
#Northeast Airlines’ last day of operation occurred #onthisday in 1972. The airline began as Boston-Maine Airways in 1931 and was absorbed by #Delta Air Lines. Did you ever fly on Northeast Airlines? #avgeek This tweet was posted on July 31, 2019.
The first Western Air Express flight departed on April 17, 1926 with an airmail flight from LA to Salt Lake City in a Douglas M-2 mailplane. Western Air Express changed its name to Western Airlines in 1941 and was acquired by Delta Air Lines in 1986. #avgeek This tweet was posted on July 13, 2019.
RT @Delta: Happy #InternationalFlightAttendantDay to all of our amazing Delta Flight Attendants! Here's a special thanks from a few of the… This tweet was posted on May 31, 2019.
#OnThisDay in 1924, Huff Daland Dusters Inc. was founded; it was one of the earliest known commercial aerial crop-dusting operations in America. In 1928, when C.E. Woolman took over the company, he renamed it Delta Air Service, a predecessor to Delta Air Lines. #avgeek This tweet was posted on May 30, 2019.
In 1959, United Air Lines and Delta Airlines introduced the Douglas DC-8. The DC-8-63 series, an updated, stretched, long-range variant of the DC-8 promoted as the "Super 63", was introduced nearly a decade later. #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on February 22, 2019.
Did you know that Delta Airlines is named for the Mississippi Delta region where the company first operated? The name was suggested by Catherine FitzGerald, Delta Employee Number 6 and one of the first women to serve on an airline’s board of directors. #avgeek This tweet was posted on January 15, 2019.
Our bad! We meant Delta Air Lines! https://t.co/QqZ5mG513k This tweet was posted on January 16, 2019.
#AmericanAir purchased a large fleet of the airliner and eventually became the world’s largest MD-80 operator. (Currently, #Delta Air Lines is the largest operator.) The aircraft proved ideal for the carrier’s many mid-range, regional services. #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on December 11, 2018.
#Onthisday in 1965, the #Douglas DC-9 was introduced into service by #Delta Air Lines. The DC-9 was the second commercial jetliner from Douglas. What are your favorite #DC9 memories? #avgeek This tweet was posted on December 08, 2018.
Storm, Stars and Stripes recalls the flat horizons and billowy skies of the Sacramento Delta region where #DavidSimpson was living. His paintings during this period, with their thin films of paint and soft edges, anticipate the 1960’s trends in pure color painting. #PublicArt This tweet was posted on October 04, 2018.
What did SFO look like in 1970? In the Central Terminal (now Terminal 2) National Airlines' and Delta Air Lines' check in desks were next to each other. National moved to the North Terminal in 1979. Did you ever fly on National Airlines? #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on July 12, 2018.
#OnThisDay in 1924, the Huff Daland Dusters, based in Macon, Georgia, began one of the earliest known commercial aerial crop-dusting operations in America. This company is now known as #Delta Air Lines. What are you favorite Delta memories? This tweet was posted on May 30, 2018.