Northwest Airlines History Center displays aviation artifacts By KSTP August 15, 2023 - 9:24 AM ...

Stepping into an old Northwest Airlines DC-9 flight simulator brought him back to when he was a younger pilot and was put through emergency-type situations — engine and system failures, for ...

For a time, Northwest owned and flew more 747s than any other U.S. airline and was Boeing's launch customer for the 747-200 and 747-400 versions of the plane.

Northwest was incredibly profitable in the 1960s and 1970s, well beyond the rest of the industry. There were few happy stories to tell about the airline’s final three decades.