A few minutes later, from the upper deck cockpit, Delta 747 Captain Steve ... Delta was the last U.S. airline to operate a Boeing 747 as airlines focus on newer, more fuel efficient planes.

Former Northwest Airlines Capt. John Hansen flew the airline's Boeing 747 route from Detroit to Toyko ... we got the emergency crew call from the cockpit. There's a chime that they can ring.

On Wednesday, the 747 flies into Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, once the home of Northwest Airlines ... “bubble,” the deck behind the cockpit. Delta Flight 9771 rumbled down ...

The jet, one of the last U.S.-operated passenger Boeing 747-400s ... of his career in the cockpit, flying the jet known as the “Queen of the Skies” for Northwest Airlines.

After it was manufactured in 1988, it was used as a test plane, then flew for Northwest Airlines ... cockpit was raised — creating the hump, with the upper deck and more passenger seats. The 747 ...

Gallaher, 64, was retiring with the 747 fleet. He’s flown with Delta and its merger predecessor, Northwest Airlines ... Back in the cockpit, Gallaher was readying the jet to fly.

EAGAN, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Northwest Airlines (NYSE:NWA) today is retiring its last 747-200 from scheduled revenue service. The 430-seat aircraft, which most recently operated NWA’s Tokyo ...

ASL Belgium becomes the 361st airline to join our cockpit series, the airline was previously known as TNT and we filmed their Boeing 737 & 777, now we feature the Boeing 747-400 on a roundtrip to ...

Delta Ship 6301 made its first flight with Eagan-based Northwest Airlines in December 1989 Delta Airlines The jet dodged disaster in 2002 when it experienced a first-of-its-kind tail control ...

Brittin rented two open-cockpit biplanes to make the twice ... The company incorporated under Minnesota law on April 16, 1934 as Northwest Airlines, Inc. and introduced service to the east coast.

Read the original article on Purewow. In 1987, Northwest Airlines 747 pilot Robert Plath sold his two wheeled Rollaboard design to fellow airline professionals so that today, all us civilian four ...

In 1971, a man going by the name of D.B. Cooper jumped from a Northwest Airlines 747 over Washington state, carrying $200,000 in ransom money from the airlines, and two parachutes.