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Old Sep 15, 2009 | 6:58 am
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Originally Posted by flyclub
Anyone else find it really odd to see Delta 747-400's (the ex-Northwest ones)?
I do find it difficult to equate Delta with 747 in my head. Just doesn't work.

Originally Posted by flyclub
Watching the apron from the Delta Skyroom in Atlanta last week, there was one very smokey Delta 747-400 heading for Narita (I think).
Very OT, ISTR that the old MD-11 was quite the lemon on that route. Quite frequently, it would run into severe headwinds in western Canada and would have to stop in Anchorage to refuel.
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