Jetblast from the Past #01 - Delta Airlines Liveries
Here's a look at Delta though the past few decades...
A nice DC-4 in the 1940s...
![](//photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4545/561/400/1940s.jpg)
A Curtiss C-46F Commando in the 1950s...a cargo plane...
![](//photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4545/561/400/1950s%20Curtiss%20C-46F%20Commando.jpg)
A Delta DC-6 in 1967...
![](//photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4545/561/400/1967%20DC-6.jpg)
A Convair 880-22-2, a 4-engined turbojet (1967)...
![](//photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4545/561/400/1967%20Convair%20880-22-2.jpg)
1976...a Lockheed L-1011 widebody trijet. These planes were state-of-the-art during the 1970s, as well as the main competitor for the three-engine Douglas DC-10, which was purchased by many other United States domestic airlines throughout the 1970s-1980s. This paint scheme was popular through the 1990s, and even into the early 2000s, on Delta aircraft...
![](//photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4545/561/400/1976%20Lockheed%20L-1011-385%20Tristar.jpg)
2004...a Boeing 757-200 series of aircraft, in the livery previous to that adopted for today's aircraft...
![](//photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4545/561/400/2004%20757-232.jpg)
A Boeing 767-400 series in Delta's newest livery...
![](//photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4545/561/400/2005%20767-432.jpg)
Thanks to www.airliners.net for the photos.
A nice DC-4 in the 1940s...
![](http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4545/561/400/1940s.jpg)
A Curtiss C-46F Commando in the 1950s...a cargo plane...
![](http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4545/561/400/1950s%20Curtiss%20C-46F%20Commando.jpg)
A Delta DC-6 in 1967...
![](http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4545/561/400/1967%20DC-6.jpg)
A Convair 880-22-2, a 4-engined turbojet (1967)...
![](http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4545/561/400/1967%20Convair%20880-22-2.jpg)
1976...a Lockheed L-1011 widebody trijet. These planes were state-of-the-art during the 1970s, as well as the main competitor for the three-engine Douglas DC-10, which was purchased by many other United States domestic airlines throughout the 1970s-1980s. This paint scheme was popular through the 1990s, and even into the early 2000s, on Delta aircraft...
![](http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4545/561/400/1976%20Lockheed%20L-1011-385%20Tristar.jpg)
2004...a Boeing 757-200 series of aircraft, in the livery previous to that adopted for today's aircraft...
![](http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4545/561/400/2004%20757-232.jpg)
A Boeing 767-400 series in Delta's newest livery...
![](http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4545/561/400/2005%20767-432.jpg)
Thanks to www.airliners.net for the photos.
2 Comments:
On a related note: Delta has phased out its Boeing 767-200 planes.
well, we've never ridden a 767-200 (at least I haven't). They still fly the -300s.
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