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General >> Hangar talks >> Trivia https://www.captainsim.org/forum/csf.pl?num=1314311206 Message started by pj747 on Aug 25^th, 2011 at 10:26pm

Title: Trivia
Post by pj747 on Aug 25^th, 2011 at 10:26pm

Here's one:

What one thing on all Delta jets allows you to known immediately which airline that certain aircraft came from before, if it wasn't originally owned by Delta?

Title: Re: Trivia
Post by NNewcomb on Aug 26^th, 2011 at 2:06am

The registration?

Title: Re: Trivia
Post by pj747 on Aug 26^th, 2011 at 2:32am

That would be correct. All former TWA planes read N123TW all former northwest planes feature N123NW

Title: Re: Trivia
Post by LOU on Aug 26^th, 2011 at 6:02pm

Not to pick nit Peter... not every plane in an airline has a common registration.

http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/9369/twreg.jpg

I can remember many different registrations in many airlines. It depended on who gave the best lease deal. Most times leasing is a better deal than outright buying.

Lou

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Title: Re: Trivia
Post by pj747 on Aug 26^th, 2011 at 10:03pm

Most airlines, when getting others' planes after mergers of purchases, changes the registration. Delta is the only not to

Title: Re: Trivia
Post by LOU on Aug 26^th, 2011 at 10:18pm

Well Peter, the Ozark planes kept their OZ "N" number as did many of the other TWA planes that had other than TW in the "N" number.

Lou

Title: Re: Trivia
Post by pj747 on Aug 27^th, 2011 at 12:37am

Its funny Lou, you've flown all of the Skyteam Delta 757s, because they're all TWA planes

Title: Re: Trivia
Post by LOU on Aug 27^th, 2011 at 2:10am

Peter, I'll try again - NOT all TWA planes had a TW in the "N" number.
Many had very different tail numbers that did not end in TW.
How else can I say this?

Lou

Title: Re: Trivia
Post by pj747 on Aug 27^th, 2011 at 4:28am

No, i was saying that all of Delta's five Skyteam-painted 757s are from TWA, therefore you've probably flown all of them before.

Title: Re: Trivia
Post by NNewcomb on Aug 27^th, 2011 at 5:18am

I knew that one because all of the former TWA 757's that Delta owned went to American first. ;)

Title: Re: Trivia
Post by Sonoace on Aug 27^th, 2011 at 12:44pm

Correct!

Title: Re: Trivia
Post by pj747 on Aug 27^th, 2011 at 1:12pm

Not every single one went to American; part of the TWA bankruptcy was that they began to liquidate some of their fleet before the American merger, Delta likes 757s and they took some of the ones TWA got rid of, even before they were planning to merge with American.

Title: Re: Trivia
Post by Sonoace on Aug 28^th, 2011 at 3:37pm

And Delta took the Northwest 757's too. http://www.airliners.net/photo/Delta-Air-Lines/Boeing-757-232/1971278/L/&sid=b1f140f6236933e8374fca450cc04850

Title: Re: Trivia
Post by pj747 on Aug 28^th, 2011 at 5:18pm

It makes sense too, since they bought and merged with NW...

Title: Re: Trivia
Post by pj747 on Aug 28^th, 2011 at 5:19pm

BTW, thats a Delta 757! Its from a leasing company