Aviation Photo #6219983 Douglas DC-7B - Delta Air Lines

“Delta Airlines” above the cabin door. Fix that paint shop!

What a beautiful aircraft. She is from the days of slide rules and Friden rotary calculators. So many variations in shape and design philosophy back then.

Great shot !

Actually the Delta Airlines is accurate. Go to 7:40 of this video https://youtu.be/VcCj_CiLZi4

Ryan, thank you for posting that photo. She looks simply beautiful. I began photographing 87C in 2004, at Coolidge Municipal Airport, here in Arizona. During the second restoration effort (the 2019 restoration to ferriable condition for return to DAL) I took well over 3,000 photographs of the work in progress. In 2018 a gentleman in Atlanta, GA, saw some of my earlier photographs of 87C on Facebook and asked to use them to show an acquaintance at the Delta Flight Museum. This man was able to bring the museum and the (then) owners of 87C together. He saved this airplane because, according to sources at the owning company, 87C was within weeks of being scrapped-out. I was very fortunate to be able to photo document the herculean restoration work done by the (then) owner's expert mechanics and contractors from February to July in 2019. I grew-up around airplanes, so I am no stranger to aircraft maintenance, but this restoration was one incredibly huge and complex undertaking. 87C had not flown since at least 2004, and while on a paved ramp at Coolidge, it was still open desert storage. There were only four men (with occasional helpers) that did the vast majority of work. But they were four extremely knowledgeable men. It was a great adventure watching 87C being brought back to life, and so gratifying to see your photo.