Delta Airlines Museum

[APG85]

I'd like to see that DC-3...

http://www.airchive.com/SITE%20PAGES/VIN-DELTA.html

[mustangdriver]

What a beauty. It is that kind of restoration that really makes you sit back and think about how much work went in to that.

[Canso42]

That 3 is a beauty. Restored DC-3's will always be special to me since the first vintage aircraft I ever worked on was the Continental Airlines restoration now at Lone Star, N25673. I've not yet been stabbed by a pitot tube or axed by a prop blade but I guarantee, if it has a hangie-down oil cooler on it, my head will find it!
Dont think LSFM's 3 has magazines though. You may have us there. (lol)

Canso42

[planeoldsteve]

The Museum's collections and facilities include:

* The Spirit of Delta, Delta’s first 767. Bought by employees, retirees, and friends and donated to Delta in 1982. Interior contains two exhibitions.
* “Ship 41”, the first DC-3 to carry Delta passengers. Restored by volunteers and a core mechanic team, 1993-1999. Winner in 2001 of the first National Trust for Historic Preservation award presented to an aircraft.
* A 1931 Travel Air, symbolizing Delta's first passenger aircraft.
* A 1936 Stinson Reliant SE. Nicknamed the “Gull Wing,” this unique aircraft served as an instrument trainer for Northeast Airlines pilots in 1941-1942.
* Professionally managed archives of artifacts related to Delta and its ancestor airlines. The Archives maintains over 200,000 images, 1,000 films, and one of the world's largest airline uniform collections in a museum.
* Aviation reference library.
* Temporary exhibits.
* Replica of the first Delta station in Monroe, Louisiana.
* An 800-square-foot museum shop, housed in a redesigned section of the hull of the first L-1011 ever built.

http://www.deltamuseum.org/

Steve

[Pat]

While employed with Delta, I got a ride in Ship 41...man, that was a stunning restoration! I think they reskinned most of the airframe, except for the center section of the wing. The flight crew made us wear white gloves and slip-on covers over our shoes to keep the aircraft clean. Having ridden in a DC-3 previously, I enjoyed the reactions of the other passengers more than the ride itself. Most thought the plane was "primitive", but cool.

-Pat