DL 747-400 Enroute now LAX-Marana

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phxtravelboy
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DL 747-400 Enroute now LAX-Marana

Tue Dec 26, 2017 8:32 pm

Sadly off to the boneyard....



https://www.flightradar24.com/DAL9932/ff2c434
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lavalampluva
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Re: DL 747-400 Enroute now LAX-Marana

Tue Dec 26, 2017 9:01 pm

N670US should be departing SEA soon for the same destination.

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N670US
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phxtravelboy
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Re: DL 747-400 Enroute now LAX-Marana

Tue Dec 26, 2017 9:05 pm

Sad. Will both of these frames be broken up, does anyone know? Or will they be stored with the possibility of someone else buying them? Seems most are retiring the 744 though so I'd be surprised if there were any buyers....
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4holer
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Re: DL 747-400 Enroute now LAX-Marana

Tue Dec 26, 2017 9:13 pm

Just came in from trying to catch its contrail to the west. (Nope. One big cloud out that way...)
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Re: DL 747-400 Enroute now LAX-Marana

Tue Dec 26, 2017 9:21 pm

Anyone live in Tucson or Phoenix going to get some pictures?

Haven't been to Marana since my skydiving days.

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4holer
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Re: DL 747-400 Enroute now LAX-Marana

Tue Dec 26, 2017 9:21 pm

Did a flyby first. Nice...
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tomaheath
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Re: DL 747-400 Enroute now LAX-Marana

Tue Dec 26, 2017 10:15 pm

You can see all th DL tails from the highway.
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4holer
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Re: DL 747-400 Enroute now LAX-Marana

Tue Dec 26, 2017 10:24 pm

This is in the air also...
https://www.flightradar24.com/DAL8905/ff2dc37
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Goodyear
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Re: DL 747-400 Enroute now LAX-Marana

Tue Dec 26, 2017 10:31 pm

Every DL 747-400 will be scrapped. End of the line.
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n901wa
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Re: DL 747-400 Enroute now LAX-Marana

Tue Dec 26, 2017 11:14 pm

Here's 6306 leaving LAX today. I hope this works.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/84223779@ ... res/Bc1c4U

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71Zulu
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Re: DL 747-400 Enroute now LAX-Marana

Tue Dec 26, 2017 11:27 pm

Nice!Image

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n901wa
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Re: DL 747-400 Enroute now LAX-Marana

Wed Dec 27, 2017 12:44 am

Thanks 71Zulu.
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Adispatcher
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Re: DL 747-400 Enroute now LAX-Marana

Wed Dec 27, 2017 1:25 am

Any pics of 6309 the other day?
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Re: DL 747-400 Enroute now LAX-Marana

Wed Dec 27, 2017 1:29 am

Ships 6302-6310 should all end up meeting the scrapper (all in excess of 100,000 flight hours and at least 27 years old), but not before Delta salvages anything that can be salvaged for Delta Material Services (its MRO division). Delta also bought some ex-SQ and KE 747-400s for their parts as well. Ship 6311, 6312, and 6316 are leased (I believe from Citibank) and it will be up to Citibank to decide what to do with those frames, while ships 6313-15 could be sold back to Boeing, who could then install fuel inerting and convert them to freighters as there is still a Boeing 747 freighter market.
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N626AA
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Re: DL 747-400 Enroute now LAX-Marana

Wed Dec 27, 2017 1:30 am

Sad year for us spotters and quad-lovers. Gosh I loved seeing those in NW colors at MSP and LAX in the '00s. Fortunate they were able to survive this long with DL.

Apologies for the non-thread related question but isn't DL the only one out of the US pax big-6 (3 now) to retire the 727-200 and MD-11 last as well of those who operated them?
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727200
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Re: DL 747-400 Enroute now LAX-Marana

Wed Dec 27, 2017 3:31 am

Looks like Father Time wins another. Godspeed 747...
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