Originally Posted by
deltadiva
I don't remember Delta ever having any DC-10's. They did have a few MD-11's in 1996 (maybe 3). I flew a Delta MD-11 Atlanta to Frankfurt Germany and a Delta 727 onward to Athens Greece. These planes brought the Olympic torch back to Atlanta.
Delta flew the DC 10 on two occasions that I recall. The first was in the early 70's, as a stopgap when there were significant delays in the delivery of the L-1011 from Lockheed. The second was during the mid-80's upon the occasion of the Western Airlines merger. The DC 10 was a mainstay of the WA fleet.