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Delta at one time operated almost 60 of the type, although the museum's example was not among them. Delta Ship 6301 (N661US). Retired on September 9, 2015, after serving since December 8, 1989 with Northwest Airlines, this aircraft was the first Boeing 747-400 ever built, as well as the prototype aircraft. [20]
Last major passenger 747 operator in North America. [60] N661US ship 6301, the first 747-400 is displayed at the Delta Flight Museum. Boeing 767-200: 15 1982 2006 Boeing 737-800 Boeing 757-200 Boeing 767-300ER: N102DA ship 102 named The Spirit Of Delta, is displayed at the Delta Flight Museum. Boeing 767-300: 28 1986 2019 Airbus A321-200 Boeing ...
747-100B August 2, 1979 Iran Air: April 2, 1982 Saudi Arabian Airlines: 9 747-100B SUD March 24, 1986 Japan Airlines: September 9, 1986 Japan Airlines: 2 Total 747-100 Series: 205 747-200B January 16, 1971 KLM: December 20, 1990 United States Air Force: 233 747-200F (Freighter) March 10, 1972 Lufthansa: November 19, 1991 Nippon Cargo Airlines 73
The Boeing 747-400 is a large, long-range wide-body airliner produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes, an advanced variant of the initial Boeing 747.The "Advanced Series 300" was announced at the September 1984 Farnborough Airshow, targeting a 10% cost reduction with more efficient engines and 1,000 nautical miles [nmi] (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) of additional range.
Boeing 747-400: 16 — 65 — 338 403 Launch customer. N661US ship 6301, the first 747-400, which had a rudder hardover and an airworthiness directive as Flight 85, is preserved at the Delta Heritage Museum. All were transferred to Delta Air Lines and later retired in 2018. [7] Boeing 757-200: 45 — — 22 160 182 All were transferred to Delta ...
This Boeing 747-451 [Note 1] was the first 747-400, an improved version of Boeing's successful jumbo jet. The aircraft was the 696th Boeing 747 built and carried manufacturer's serial number 23719. [2] Final assembly began at the Boeing Everett Factory, the longtime site of 747 production, in September 1987. Assembly was completed over the ...
Also in 1989, Northwest became the launch customer of the Boeing 747-400 and became one of only two airlines in the United States to operate it until its merger with Delta in 2009. The first aircraft it purchased was the first 747-400 to be built; it was later involved in a loss-of-control incident in 2002 and placed on display at the Delta ...
One of the most famous images in which a Pan Am plane formed a backdrop was the Beatles' February 7, 1964, arrival at John F. Kennedy Airport aboard a Pan Am Boeing 707-321, Clipper Defiance. [ 167 ] From 1964 to 1968, con artist Frank Abagnale Jr. , claims to have masqueraded as a Pan Am pilot while still a minor, dead-heading to many ...