"New" Delta DC-9-50 in MSP

[Flybet3]

Posted this info in another thread already... but anyway...

Was driving down I-494 this afternoon. There's a DC-9-50 in full new Delta livery parked in front of the hangar there near rwy 35. At first I thought it may have been an MD-88, but sure enough tail number was 776NC (I believe, but definitely NC). Looks great, and good news for everyone! That's one that should be flying for a while yet!

I believe this airplane came out of Greenville mississippi. Can anyone confirm this? If so, then I actually flew the crew down there to pick up the bird.

 

[dbrownie]

Posted this info in another thread already... but anyway...

Was driving down I-494 this afternoon. There's a DC-9-50 in full new Delta livery parked in front of the hangar there near rwy 35. At first I thought it may have been an MD-88, but sure enough tail number was 776NC (I believe, but definitely NC). Looks great, and good news for everyone! That's one that should be flying for a while yet!

Looks like an old #hore in a new dress!!

DB

 

[whymeworry?]

wow! how exciting

 

[dispatchguy]

I believe this airplane came out of Greenville mississippi. Can anyone confirm this? If so, then I actually flew the crew down there to pick up the bird.

Confirm - she was in the GLH paintshop down there...

 

[DiverDriver]

If it got painted in GLH then the paint will start peeling within a week.

 

[~~~^~~~]

Looks like an old #hore in a new dress!!

DB

Jam Bro - I dunno. The scale is all wrong and I think dbrownie summed it up perfectly.

 

[rf285]

At least she knows how to do it.... Pretty well. One DAL guy that wouldn't mind flying her.

 

[~~~^~~~]

I'd like it better if they painted the whole airplane in pink dye penetrant. That way we could add a structural fatigue NDI to every walk around.

Give me a can of developer and a flashlight.

 

[CFI2766]

Are you starting to get it now? Mainline is the way to go. Shiny Jet Syndrome is dying. Hopefully one day ALL of us will understand that a job with the mainline is the only way to go. (even if you don't fly pretty new airplanes)[/quote]


Cool. I'd like a job with Delta. Are you guys hiring?

Thanks!

 

[Metrojet]

Just curious -

are any of these NW DC-9's from the retired "old Delta" DC-9's when they got rid of them in the mid 1990's?, and now they are back with the "new Delta"?

Metrojet

 

[nwaredtail]

Just curious -

are any of these NW DC-9's from the retired "old Delta" DC-9's when they got rid of them in the mid 1990's?, and now they are back with the "new Delta"?

Metrojet

No, but there are plenty of Eastern planes in the mix.

 

[GogglesPisano]

TWA sold off many of the DC-9's in the 1980's. They wound up at Ozark and ... the rest is history.

 

[MJ42]

[QUOTE=CFI2766;1731349]Are you starting to get it now? Mainline is the way to go. Shiny Jet Syndrome is dying. Hopefully one day ALL of us will understand that a job with the mainline is the only way to go. (even if you don't fly pretty new airplanes)[/quote]

Cool. I'd like a job with Delta. Are you guys hiring?

Thanks![/QUOTE]



As soon as we park more rj's. Do you have your degree? You're gonna need it (degrees by mail not accepted).

 

[Metrojet]

Red Tail -

Thanks for the info - never flew the DC-9, but never heard a bad word about them!

Metrojet

 

[PCL_128]

Looks good. I'll definitely miss seeing the red tails, though.