Last Dl Md11

[Beer Guzzler]

DL Aircraft N802DL is set to make a final test flight tomorrow from ATL. I have heard rumors that this aircraft (which no longer bears the DL Logo) will fly from ATL to Canada for retirement in the near future.

It is a sad day 🙁 .. The last of the 'multi-engine' widebodies for Delta.

Just like when the last L1011 flew off. A truly sad day. I personally was very found of the old L1011.

 

[local 12 proud]

DL Aircraft N802DL is set to make a final test flight tomorrow from ATL. I have heard rumors that this aircraft (which no longer bears the DL Logo) will fly from ATL to Canada for retirement in the near future.

It is a sad day 🙁 .. The last of the 'multi-engine' widebodies for Delta.

Just like when the last L1011 flew off. A truly sad day. I personally was very found of the old L1011.

[post="281882"][/post]​

I shall never forget aug. 02 1985, Delta flight 191 encountered wind shear on her approach to DFW on that hot, humid day a severe thunderstorm came from no where over the airport and the the pilots were unable to regain control after the severe down burst, i just so happened to be a contract cleaner for delta that day going to school to obtain my A&P liscense, though I eventually was hired on with AA, I will always have fond memories of DELTA. the L1011 was truly a majestic Bird, GOD rest the souls of flight 191!

 

[Beer Guzzler]

DL Aircraft N802DL is set to make a final test flight tomorrow from ATL. I have heard rumors that this aircraft (which no longer bears the DL Logo) will fly from ATL to Canada for retirement in the near future.

It is a sad day 🙁 .. The last of the 'multi-engine' widebodies for Delta.

Just like when the last L1011 flew off. A truly sad day. I personally was very found of the old L1011.

[post="281882"][/post]​

Good ole Georgia Weather has forced the FCF Flight on N802DL to XCL. It will fly 16July.

 

[SVQLBA]

I shall never forget aug. 02 1985, Delta flight 191 encountered wind shear on her approach to DFW on that hot, humid day a severe thunderstorm came from no where over the airport and the the pilots were unable to regain control after the severe down burst, i just so happened to be a contract cleaner for delta that day going to school to obtain my A&P liscense, though I eventually was hired on with AA, I will always have fond memories of DELTA. the L1011 was truly a majestic Bird, GOD rest the souls of flight 191!

[post="281889"][/post]​

Windshear was not a well understood phenomenon until the NTSB investigation into flight 191. Either the NTSB or FAA put together a tape as a result which combines an animation of the L1011, showing what it was doing (altitude, attitude, engine thrust etc) from the flight data recorder data, combined with the cockpit voice recorder tape. It makes for frightening viewing. If you didn't appreciate the danger of wind shear before seeing the tape, you do afterwards. A lot of lives have been saved as a result of the great work the investigators did that allowed the phenomenon to be understood.

For the uninitiated, a down draft or microburst (e.g., the air sinking under a thundercloud) is like water coming from a tap -- when it hits the ground it spreads out in all directions. As a result if you fly through one, you first enter an area of headwinds but, once you pass the center, the winds rapidly become tail winds -- hence the term wind shear. An aircraft on a glideslope entering headwinds finds its airspeed and lift increasing, so it balloons above the glideslope. The natural reaction of a pilot is to throttle back and nose down to recapture the glideslope. However, all of a sudden, the aircraft then enters the area of tailwinds, the airspeed as a result can easily drop by 40kts or more in a couple of seconds, dumping lift, and the plane starts dropping like a brick. The correct response is to slam the throttles and nose up, but, especially in the landing phase and with the time it takes engines to spool up, it can easily be too late to recover before hitting the ground.

Bottom line: next time you take a delay or a diversion due to thunderstorms at the destination, say a prayer for the victims of 191 and say thank you to the controllers and pilots who decide to play it safe.

 

[Beer Guzzler]

Good ole Georgia Weather has forced the FCF Flight on N802DL to XCL. It will fly 16July.

[post="282047"][/post]​

AC N802DL has been returned to SVC.. At some point in the very near future this AC will fly off to a rumored storage location in Canada,

 

[boxer]

AC N802DL has been returned to SVC.. At some point in the very near future this AC will fly off to a rumored storage location in Canada,

[post="282450"][/post]​

Does storing an AC in Canada assume that it would not be brought back to service as corosion etc. would present a problem or is it going to be converted to a freighter?
boxer

 

[Beer Guzzler]

DL's last MD11 is on its way to YMX for storage..

The 777-200 is now the largest aircraft in the Delta Fleet..

 

[WorldTraveler]

The 777-200 was bigger based on MTOW and more capable even when the MD-11s were around.

The fact that no one (except the mechanics who had to keep them flying) is missing the MD-11 says alot about the impression it made on US passenger airlines. Just for perspective, remember the fanfare the L1011 got when it left the fleet; it was a true pacesetter in its time.

 

[eolesen]

The fact that no one (except the mechanics who had to keep them flying) is missing the MD-11 says alot about the impression it made on US passenger airlines. Just for perspective, remember the fanfare the L1011 got when it left the fleet; it was a true pacesetter in its time.

[post="282863"][/post]​

People at DL like to wax poetic about the Tritanic because they were among the largest operators over a 30 year period. Some people at AA felt the same way about the DC10's. The MD11 on the other hand was never a huge part of the DL or AA fleets, and really only flew international with both carriers. It's hard to miss an aircraft you don't have a lot of exposure to...

Plus, at the time of the L1011's retirement at DL, they and ATA were two of the last operators worldwide. By comparison, the MD11 is still being flown by a dozen or so carriers -- I see two or three of them daily from my office window. World is still flying it in a passenger config, and both UPS and FDX are flying it in the freighter config, not to mention the various international carriers who are still flying them today.