The Delta Flight Museum is an aviation and corporate museum located in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, near the airline's main hub, Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The museum is hou
Delta Ship 41 in Historic Hangar 1, with the Stinson Reliant in the background
The Spirit of Delta in the restoration hangar
Delta Ship 6301 (N661US), the first production 747-400, at the museum. This photograph was taken prior to the construction of the 747 Experience.
N661US when it was in service with Northwest Airlines
Northwest Airlines Flight 85 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in the United States to Narita International Airport in Japan. On October 9,
Delta Flight Museum
…for flight testing by Boeing as N401PW, N661US was delivered to Northwest Airlines on December 8, 1989. On October 9, 2002, N661US was operating as Northwest Flight 85 when it had to make an emergency landing in Anchorage while on its way to Tokyo from Detroit for a rudder malfunction. When Northwest merged with Delta…
Flight 85's crew members aboard N661US following its preservation at the Delta Flight Museum. (Left to right) Frank Geib (Junior captain), Mike Fagan (Junior first officer), John Hansen (Senior captain), and David Smith (Senior first officer).
A model of N401PW at the Museum of Aeronautical Sciences at Narita Chiba.
The incident aircraft, seen at Narita International Airport, while wearing its next and final Northwest Airlines livery, in 2004.