The making of a Delta flagship

[jetflier]

Well here it is, the making of the Delta Airlines flagship, thanks to NWA....I think that I just threw up a little bit in my mouth... mouth...http://vidego.multicastmedia.com/player.php?v=v6119lu6

 

[FDJ2]

Looks good.

 

[aircowboy]

You will assimilate!!

 

[HomerJ]

No one keeps paint shops busier than DL...

 

[~~~^~~~]

Who's the 20 something flight crew?

Other than Super, I thought all the NWA pilots were supposed to be witnesses to the signing of the Magna Carta.

 

[Flybywire44]

Threw up in your mouth huh?

 

[KCPilot]

Now that's a good looking 747!

 

[Dieterly]

So when are DL parking the -400's?

 

[Browntothebone]

When do "real" Delta pilots get to fly it?

 

[FBN0223]

When do "real" Delta pilots get to fly it?

Five years. Until then it's "real" former Northwest pilots.

 

[knightflyer]

When do "real" Delta pilots get to fly it?

Lame

 

[AdlerDriver]

Looked like they primed and painted over the old (I think). Seems like they would have stripped it first to save weight.
Guess not.

 

[TWA Dude]

One boring paint job to another. Mourning the cheatline.

 

[Diesel-9]

Look again. It was stripped except for part of the tail. Will still carry the Red Tail.

 

[Browntothebone]

Why didn't they change the N number over to a Delta N number?

 

[Razor_B]

Will still carry the Red Tail.

I like that. Very cool!

 

[Frank Lorenzo]

Missing from the video - the installation of the Kool-Aid dispenser in the cockpit.

"Has bid period 5 started yet?"

 

[Noserider76]

Why didn't they change the N number over to a Delta N number?

DL almost never changes the N numbers. The 17 ex-TWA 757s we got from American still carry the TW numbers. Ship numbers change to more closely match the fleet but the N numbers remain the same.

 

[clippyrip]

Missing from the video - the installation of the Kool-Aid dispenser in the cockpit.

"Has bid period 5 started yet?"

As far as the company is concerned, bid period 1 wont start till SOC.

 

[Wanderlust]

I like the new Delta scheme; I think it's a huge improvement over that god-awful flapping flag tail thing they had before. I wish more airlines would do the vintage paint schemes. Martinair's got one that flies into Miami. UsAir has theirs, but for some reason they put 'em all on the airbus.

http://www.airplanephotos.de/Latest_Pics/26469_4.jpg

 

[Russ]

Why didn't they change the N number over to a Delta N number?

Many Western Airlines planes still carry original N numbers as oppossed to DAL ones and that merger was completed in 1987

 

[a320drivr]

That is just d a m n sad. I am born and raised MSP and I hate to see NWA go.

 

[AvroGuy]

doesn't it cost money to change N numbers?

 

[crj567]

Look again. It was stripped except for part of the tail. Will still carry the Red Tail.

That is just the latest version of the "widget." #23 or so I think is the iteration we are on.......

 

[Clacker]

One boring paint job to another. Mourning the cheatline.

Yeah, I wish they would go back to the classic paint job. The cheatline and black radome was timeless.

Maybe they'll revive it one day.

 

[jetflier]

Technical Characteristics -- Boeing 747-400

747-400 Passengers
Typical 3-class configuration
Typical 2-class configuration
416
524 Cargo* 6,025 cu ft (170.5 cu m) or
5,332 cu ft (151 cu m) Engines
maximum thrust Pratt & Whitney PW4062
63,300 lb (281.57 kN)

Rolls-Royce RB211-524H2-T
59,500 lb (264.67 kN)

General Electric CF6-80C2B5F
62,100 lb (276.23 kN) Maximum Fuel Capacity 57,285 U.S. gal (216,840 L) Maximum Takeoff Weight 875,000 lb (396,890 kg) Maximum Range 7,260 nautical miles (13,450 km)
Typical city pairs:
Los Angeles - Hong Kong
Los Angeles - Sydney
Singapore - London Typical Cruise Speed
at 35,000 feet 0.85 Mach
567 mph (913 km/h) Basic Dimensions
Wing Span
Overall Length
Tail Height
Interior Cabin Width
211 ft 5 in (64.4 m)
231 ft 10 in (70.6 m)
63 ft 8 in (19.4 m)
20 ft (6.1 m) *6,025 cu ft (170.5 cu m) = 30 LD-1 containers; 5,332 cu ft (151 cu m) = 5 pallets, 14 LD-1 containers + bulk (one pallet = 96 in x 125 in/244 cm x 318 cm)

 

[Dumb Pilot]

I saw it today in Narita, when you see it in person it actually doesn't look all that bad

 

[Cobraair75drvr]

Are you sure about that? The last thing I heard that they are planning to transistion to dal rules, bidding etc (the elusive BP5) starting with the 400 in the fall and the rest shortly thereafter. So, unless SOC were to happen before late this year, I would think BP 1 is going to be soon. I am sure I will be corrected, as I am frequently wrong, at least that is what the wife says.

As far as the company is concerned, bid period 1 wont start till SOC.

 

[clippyrip]

Are you sure about that? The last thing I heard that they are planning to transistion to dal rules, bidding etc (the elusive BP5) starting with the 400 in the fall and the rest shortly thereafter. So, unless SOC were to happen before late this year, I would think BP 1 is going to be soon. I am sure I will be corrected, as I am frequently wrong, at least that is what the wife says.

I've heard SOC may be sometime at the end of 09'. But that is just FI talk.

I will tell you this......There is a significant savings for the company if they stall BP5. At BP5 they will have to match current Delta staffing rigs and that costs the company money. Why wouldn't they bask in the ambiguity of the illusive BP1 and enjoy a short term B scale with no end date. There is no incentive for them to hurry up and start BP1, hence it is still not here.

 

[crj567]

Technical Characteristics -- Boeing 747-400

747-400 Passengers
Typical 3-class configuration
Typical 2-class configuration
416
524 Cargo* 6,025 cu ft (170.5 cu m) or
5,332 cu ft (151 cu m) Engines
maximum thrust Pratt & Whitney PW4062
63,300 lb (281.57 kN)

Rolls-Royce RB211-524H2-T
59,500 lb (264.67 kN)

General Electric CF6-80C2B5F
62,100 lb (276.23 kN) Maximum Fuel Capacity 57,285 U.S. gal (216,840 L) Maximum Takeoff Weight 875,000 lb (396,890 kg) Maximum Range 7,260 nautical miles (13,450 km)
Typical city pairs:
Los Angeles - Hong Kong
Los Angeles - Sydney
Singapore - London Typical Cruise Speed
at 35,000 feet 0.85 Mach
567 mph (913 km/h) Basic Dimensions
Wing Span
Overall Length
Tail Height
Interior Cabin Width
211 ft 5 in (64.4 m)
231 ft 10 in (70.6 m)
63 ft 8 in (19.4 m)
20 ft (6.1 m) *6,025 cu ft (170.5 cu m) = 30 LD-1 containers; 5,332 cu ft (151 cu m) = 5 pallets, 14 LD-1 containers + bulk (one pallet = 96 in x 125 in/244 cm x 318 cm)

I think this thread can now grant the "huge numbnut dork" award to the above poster.....

-Congrats!

P.S.- Yes, we have all heard of this exotic, mystical creature known as the "747." A little late to that game, chief!