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A Special Birthday, Douglas DC-3 & Delta

Published January 23rd, 2008 in History, Pilots, Planes | 6 Comments →

This December 17th came and went without notice, but it was a special day. That day in 1935 marked the first flight of the venerable Douglas DC-3.

Five years later, on Christmas Eve 1940, Delta flew its first revenue DC-3 flight with “Ship 41.”

Since I’ve been lucky enough to fly this fully restored, original in every detail, DC-3, I thought I’d write a little about the “Ship 41” in Delta’s Heritage Museum.

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“Ship 41” was actually the second of five DC-3s purchased by Delta. The first arrived November 29, 1940 and was used to train pilots for the next DC-3s to arrive. “Ship 41” arrived on December 23, 1940 and carried passengers the next day. Three more planes were delivered in the next 10 days. These and the additional DC-3s Delta purchased flew in revenue service until the early 1960s.

Here are a few pictures of Delta’s award winning, 1940 DC-3 known as “Ship 41.” I hope you enjoy these pictures as much as I enjoyed taking them.

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Tailwinds, Robin

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From a pilot’s view

Published November 12th, 2007 in Pilots | 14 Comments →

robin.gifHello everyone.

By way of introductions, I’m a pilot for Delta and very excited about Delta’s reach into the “new media” world.

I hope to become a regular poster giving you an inside view into my world at Delta.

I’ve been very lucky to have a few “odd jobs” around Delta from working in our Operations Control Center to writing a newsletter for our furloughed pilots to producing an internal Flight Operations podcast to flying the antique planes in our museum.

In the coming months, I plan to show you what the heck is inside my flight kit, take you on a tour of our Operations Control Center, show you where we train, and take you through some of our archives.

When I say “show you,” I mean it. I just got a new video recorder. I really want this to be a conversation, so, if there is something you’d like me to show you, post it in the comments.

Tailwinds,
Robin

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