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Today (01/06/14) marks the day that Delta Air Lines will be retiring one of their signature aircraft: the Douglas DC-9. Delta was the first airline to operate the original 65-seat version of the Douglas DC-9 in 1965 and used them to replace their aging post-war propeller aircraft on medium and short haul routes. The DC-9s allowed Delta to introduce jet service for the first time to smaller cities across the southeast such as Chattanooga, TN, Columbus, GA, Macon, GA, and Monroe, LA.
Like everything else on the
Atlanta Time Machine's airport pages, the words and pictures
here come from aviation expert David Henderson who has been
studying these matters closely ever since he's been
alive.
Below: A postcard featuring a 1965 photo, published by the Delta Museum in 2002. If you look in the background, you can spot signs for the space-age Gulf station and the Air Host Inn.
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