We mined the Delta Archives for connect-the-dots and hidden objects pictures, geography quizzes and other puzzlers. Generation X and Y travelers: You may recognize some of these games from your childhood. They are from a 1970s-early 1980s activity book carried on Delta flights and issues of Fantastic Flyer, a magazine for children, which we published 1989-1995.
Have fun (and learn) with Delta airplane and geography games for children to print out and use. Let us know your favorite? We’ll link your choice in the Traveling with Children section of delta.com.
Enjoy!
Marie Force
Archives Manager
January 15th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
Oh my goodness, Fantastic Flyer! Oh, the memories stocking them onboard the planes seatback pockets on over night planes.
I would get caught red-handedly at flipping the pages many times. I really don’t have a favorite article but I sure loved anything w/ airplanes on it such as Connect the Dots, shown above.
P.S. I’m keeping my eyes peeled about Dusty & Delta’s famed Paw Paw Punch drink. (It was called Paw Paw, correct?)
January 20th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
Man if only the Magazine in the seat back pocket were as fun as these. I wouldn’t need to whip out my laptop.
January 20th, 2009 at 1:23 pm
I like all three of them. Each one would be great to have on a trip. Each one would be great for different age children.
January 20th, 2009 at 6:03 pm
If I had to choose ONE I would have to say the hidden objects. It doesn’t take 10 seconds to complete (Connect the Dots) or necessarily require help from parents (Geography Quiz).
It would be great though if Delta could re-print actual activity books for kids. Keep in mind that if a kid really enjoys Delta they will make it clear to their parents. “Can we take Delta to Florida again Daddy?” = More business for you.
January 20th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
I miss the wings the stewardess use to hand out. The quality was so much better and they had pins so that you could actually wear them. Now they have a little piece of double sided tape that falls off before the flight is even over. Ohh the wonder of air travel as seen through a child. I remember going to Orlando and thinking how cool the trains in ATL were, now as an adult they just don’t seem so amazing anymore.
January 21st, 2009 at 12:45 pm
TriStar Fan: You’re thinking of the (in)famous Pawberry Punch made for Delta’s Fantastic Flyer kids’ meals. We have a couple of those purple cans in the Delta Archives. I’m looking at one now. Says it was 100% juice (grape, apple and cherry) with grape skin extract to give it a deep purple color. I never had any, but heard it was really sweet.
January 21st, 2009 at 2:44 pm
I can’t find the baseball bat or the golf club in the Object Find.
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:21 pm
I love this! I like the third one the best (with the cockpit).
January 26th, 2009 at 1:25 am
Oh man, I remember the Fantastic Flyer days! My mom still has the “Official” Fantastic Flyer membership certificate I got as a kid back in ’89.
Am I remembering right that there was a kids’ pasta/spaghetti meal on some flights that had noodles that were shaped like Dusty, the Delta mascot? The talk about the juice other people posted popped that up in my memory.
January 26th, 2009 at 1:28 am
And as for posting the puzzles for the kids, you could make an argument to put all of them up on the website.
The younger kids could get a kick out of the connect-the-dots airplane, while kids that are a few years older might like the geography game or the hidden object game better.
January 29th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
Good old Dusty, the Delta Air Lion (oy the puns).
He still lurks in the form of “Dusty’s Den”, the unaccompanied minor lounge. I spent a memorable summer in college working the Den on B-Concourse in ATL. We used to joke that the kids were “Silver Medallions in Training” (and some of them actually were!).
January 31st, 2009 at 1:04 am
It just hit me – the connect-the-dots plane has the old/original widget livery!?!!!
Here’s a fun idea – make a retrojet like you had with Ship 102 – but paint a 747 in the original widget colors. People would go crazy!
February 9th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
Great ideas, everyone! Based on your feedback we’ve decided to link to this whole thread, instead of choosing just one. Check out the asset to the right here.