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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Delta had a very few DC-10-10s, and not for very long; they got them in a merger with another airline (I think Western) and sold them off. (Delta used L-1011 Tristars as the backbone of their long-haul fleet from 1978-2001.)

They did have eight or ten MD-11s, they stopped flying them last year. A couple got sold or leased to World Airways (at least one's still flying with the red-and-blue Delta stripes under the World logo), the rest are, as far as I know, sitting out in the desert in California, unless UPS or another operator has picked some up for freighter use.

The MD-11 never really worked as a passenger liner for whatever reason, but it's sure found a second life as a freighter.

}:-)4


20 posted on 08/17/2005 10:38:30 AM PDT by Moose4 (Richmond, Virginia, where our motto is "Will Riot For Cheap Laptops")
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To: Moose4

I had the pleasure of flying Atlanta to LAX (IIRC) on a Delta L-1011 just days before the craft was retired from the fleet.


21 posted on 08/17/2005 4:26:07 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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