Delta Air Lines Flying 747s Again

For the first time since 1977, Delta Air Lines is flying Boeing 747 jets. There are now 16 747s in the Delta fleet that were acquired from Northwest Air Lines in the Fall 2008 merger. My first jet plane ride back in 1971 was on a Delta 747 from O'Hare to Miami. I had just graduated from high school, and Dad took me with him to a business convention on Miami Beach. What a beautiful machine, and what a thrill to watch one take to the air. The picture above is from a Delta blog announcing the addition of these 16 planes to the Delta fleet.