1973 Delta ad for flights to Florida and the Bahamas from NYC
Sep 11, 2018, 1:46 pm
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1973 Delta ad for flights to Florida and the Bahamas from NYC
I was going through some old newspapers and discovered this 1973 DL ad featuring 747's and DC-10's for their flights to Florida from LGA and JFK.
Sep 11, 2018, 2:04 pm
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Cool! Interestingly, you can see the whole magazine at Google:
https://books.google.com/books?id=Bq...0delta&f=false
Also interestingly, and perhaps related, there is an old airport in Coweta County, Georgia called Clint Odom Airport. I did not see anything pointing to our intrepid Capt. Clint Odom pictured, but the former airport is southwest of Atlanta, Delta's home.
https://books.google.com/books?id=Bq...0delta&f=false
Also interestingly, and perhaps related, there is an old airport in Coweta County, Georgia called Clint Odom Airport. I did not see anything pointing to our intrepid Capt. Clint Odom pictured, but the former airport is southwest of Atlanta, Delta's home.
Sep 12, 2018, 3:42 am
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Just learned something new...
- DL had B747's
- DL had DC-10's (I spent many hours on DL/s Tri Stars L1011/L1015, but do not recall any DC-10's)
- DL flew to JFK even before they acquired PAA TATL routes
Nice...
- DL had B747's
- DL had DC-10's (I spent many hours on DL/s Tri Stars L1011/L1015, but do not recall any DC-10's)
- DL flew to JFK even before they acquired PAA TATL routes
Nice...
Sep 12, 2018, 5:44 am
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Crazy copywriting. Just like today, someone in Delta's advertising department (or agency) thinks the overuse of trademarks and (TM) is cool.
Sep 12, 2018, 7:13 am
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It was pre-deregulation. Carriers couldn't compete on route network (routes were assigned) or price (CAB set, on average, a 7% profit with 55% load factors) so carriers competed on service and branding.
Sep 12, 2018, 8:55 am
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Here's the list of 14 DC-10s that DL operated:
https://www.planespotters.net/produc...tatus=historic
They also operated 17 MD-11s:
https://www.planespotters.net/produc...tatus=historic
https://www.planespotters.net/produc...tatus=historic
They also operated 17 MD-11s:
https://www.planespotters.net/produc...tatus=historic
Sep 12, 2018, 10:36 am
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The DC-10's did operate out of LGA but the 747's did not. The 747's did operate out of JFK. This was a good advertisement to read. Air travel sure has changed. "Wide-Ride" aircraft and "Royal Service" must have been a nice way to travel between New York and Florida.
Last edited by sspontak; Sep 12, 2018 at 10:43 am