Larry Daudt, a retired Northwest 747 pilot from Boerne, Texas, visited the history center this month and sang the old jingle, "Fly Northwest Orient," banged the gong and continued, "Airlines." ...

U.S. Airlines are vying for attention as the Boeing 747 leaves their fleets, just as they did when it entered their fleets in 1970. And the world’s aviation geeks are watching closely.

April 19, 2008 at 4:00 AM Share Share this article By Heather J. Carlson Post-Bulletin, Rochester MN ...

Significant events in the history of Northwest Airlines: —1926: Col. Lewis Brittin founds Northwest Airways to carry air mail from the Twin Cities to Chicago with two rented, open-cockpit ...

This undated artist’s sketch shows D.B. Cooper, based on the recollections of the passengers and crew of a Northwest Orient Airlines jet he hijacked between Portland, Ore., and Seattle in 1971 ...

On the night before Thanksgiving in 1971, Cooper hijacked Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 - a Boeing 727 owned and operated by Northwest Orient Airlines - while it was flying from Portland ...

Robert J. Wright’s first job with fledgling Minneapolis-based Northwest Orient Airlines was as a ticket agent at the front counter of the carrier’s downtown Seattle office in 1946.