Working backwards to fill in the gaps...that 747-400 was built in 1988 and was part of the Northwest fleet that came over during the merger (as I did too). It was a great airplane to fly as was the 767 which I retired off of after 40 yrs. The unusal thing about the Spirit of Delta Boeing 767 is that is was paid for by employees as a gift to the company-not sure if any other airline had that great of relationship with its employees. The larger models were used in corporate offices but mostly in the old-time Travel Agency offices throughout the world and are highly collectable these days, as are the small scale die-cast ones. Nice tour...come back and fly the simulator someday
I couldn't even imagine flying a 747 or 767! Take-off and landings sitting in a passenger seat get me a bit uneasy at times. Hahahaa I recently scratched off a bucket list item of flying in a helicopter. The first few minutes were an odd feeling for me. When we went out over the Gulf, I'm not going to lie, parts of me puckered! Lol I read that about the Spirit of Delta after I made the video. Wish I could have found a way to edit that cool fact in to it. It's pretty amazing what people can do if they join up for the cause. Thanks for the comments, and history!!
I've bet you've seen some interesting things and people during those 40yrs. I have 2 friends that are flight attendants and they go all over the US and world & share some amazing pictures.
Living not to far from the Museum of Flight in Seattle and is impressive but this Delta Museum is Spectacular. I will retire in a year or two and this is a new bucket list for me. Well done on your Video. Thank you and your daughter for sharing.
My high school prom was there back in 2018😎! Imagine getting to have prom there & dancing under a plane! It was so cool! Then we were able to go inside of it as well😎.
Beautiful museum. The old planes are stunning. Early military aircraft were often painted brightly and then were switched to camouflage so military aircraft don't quite pop they way civil aircraft can. One criticism of the DC 6 display shown at 7:31 is that the model shown is a Boeing 377 in what I think is Northwestern livery. The info placard does reference that Delta flew DC 6s and that other airlines flew this more luxurious double decker longer range Boeing but doesn't make it clear that the model above is not a DC 6. The DC 6 was successful in that it was more reliable and less costly to maintain and fly. The 377 is considered largely to have been a flop due to It's engines' propensity to catch fire! It was basically a highly modified B 29 bomber.
That is interesting to know they were painted bright early on. Was that so they could be seen to avoid possible mid-air collisions? Or that's just what they did?
@@OutdoorsWithShawn I was an aerospace engineer that designed and built both commercial and military flight simulators both for US and foreign customers…an extremely rewarding career
One of Delta's CEOs lived in The city I grew up in Peachtree city Ga. Never knew his name but one of my gf lived in his neighborhood. St. Andrew's Square. First brick house on the left going in. 100 St. Andrew's Square. With the tennis court in back on flat creek golf course😃
@@OutdoorsWithShawn to add to my lol emoji, not once did I see anyone playing tennis at his house. Always thought growing up, hmm... why isn't anyone ever playing tennis. I guess I thought that since I took tennis lessens when I was a little fella
26:43 While the one you were on (747-400) was build in the late 80's/90's, you're right. The first variant of that plane (747-100) was build in the late 60's/ 70's. Just not the one that is on display.
The airplane models are from Delta's history (and all the airlines that have merged with Delta) ... basically when you're an airline, and you buy a new model of a plane, or do a new livery, the manufacturer/paintshop gives you a model to show you what your shiny new acquisition will look like. Delta (and it's merged cousins) have bought a great many airplanes over the years, and that's where the models in the museum came from. A note on the DC-3 : That's Delta's very first DC-3. As in, the actual airplane. They tracked it down and bought it, then restored it down to the last rivet to as-new condition. Also, on the 767 - that's N102DA, known as Ship 102 or the Spirit of Delta. In 1982, Delta was having a hard financial time, and it's employees pooled together the funds to buy the airplane. When it retired, it was donated to the Flight Museum. A fun fact about N102DA : Delta keeps the airplane's certificate current, as in it's still a registered active aircraft with the FAA. That means nobody else can register an airplane with that N-number.
Wow, there is such an interesting history in that museum. I wonder how much they've spent restoring those aircraft as well as the museum itself. For some reason, I wasn't expecting much from the museum. But I was proven wrong, way wrong, and I'm glad we went to it!
You're famous now! Lol This video was never supposed to be as it was a low key 3 day weekend trip with the family. Wasn't planning on doing any videos, but my fiancé said "might as well." Now it is one of my most popular!
Great museum!! But, it pains me that Delta didn’t save a 727 and L1011! Those 2 airplanes alone were absolutely the backbone and work horses of this airline! It would have been cool to see them ramp parked for ppl to experience. But, Delta did their museum right!
I think the majority of my flights in the 80s and 90s were on a 727. The good thing is, they have enough room at the museum to put one outside. Maybe that will happen in the future.
@@OutdoorsWithShawn I believe most of the Delta 727 frames has probably met the scrapers torch in Victorville or, if there are any Delta 727’s left in the desert, they’re more than likely in extremely bad shape for Delta to move and restore!
I think it would have been a criminal act to serve Pepsi, seeing Coke & Delta are based in Atlanta. It confuses me in general why restaurants serve Pepsi in Atlanta.
@pennybaxter4 was it the new or the old Coke Museum? The one by The Underground or the one by the Aquarium? I didn't realize it moved until we went there a few years ago, and the directions didn't take us by The Underground (I didn't do my research). The new one is definitely nicer, but there are features the old one had that I liked.
@@OutdoorsWithShawn I went to the old one several years back it was a simular time to when I went to the bud factory in St. Louis and that closed many years . I
@pennybaxter4 I went to a Bud factory in Busch Gardens Tampa in the mid 90s. They gave out free samples... I wasn't old enough at the time to drink. When I came back, legal age, they took the factory out and put in a roller coaster.
@@OutdoorsWithShawn Well, in like 1980 Something, that same L-1011 Hit a microburst, (something that makes the plane harder to control), they hit the ground, hit a car, and crashed into water barrels. Only 27 survived.
Airplane! Movie joke: just don't eat the fish while tour!🤣. Or go get a bunch of fish samwitches and 🍔 from mc Donald's and walk around the museum and ask people if they want a steak or fish samwitch as a gag.
Someone commented "The airplane models are from Delta's history (and all the airlines that have merged with Delta) ... basically when you're airline, and you buy a new model of a plane, or do a new livery, the manufacturer/paintshop gives you a model to show you what your shiny new acquisition will look like."
To be honest, I don't know. But, I looked on Google, and your calculations are correct. I wonder why their number is significantly lower? Typo or on purpose for other reasons?
