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Wait, what? Delta 747 crosses street

Historic Delta 747 moves to flight museum
Historic Delta 747 moves to flight museum
Historic Delta 747 moves to flight museum
Historic Delta 747 moves to flight museum
Historic Delta 747 moves to flight museum
Historic Delta 747 moves to flight museum
Historic Delta 747 moves to flight museum
Historic Delta 747 moves to flight museum
Historic Delta 747 moves to flight museum
Historic Delta 747 moves to flight museum
Historic Delta 747 moves to flight museum
Historic Delta 747 moves to flight museum
Historic Delta 747 moves to flight museum
Historic Delta 747 moves to flight museum
Historic Delta 747 moves to flight museum
Historic Delta 747 moves to flight museum
Historic Delta 747 moves to flight museum
Historic Delta 747 moves to flight museum
Historic Delta 747 moves to flight museum
Historic Delta 747 moves to flight museum
Historic Delta 747 moves to flight museum
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[ WATCH VIDEO ] APRIL 30, 2016 ATLANTA A crew member gives directions to the tug driver as they move a retired Boeing 747-400 to the Delta Flight museum Saturday, April 30, 2016. Delta Air Lines Ship 6301 made its final journey to Delta’s Atlanta world headquarters campus in preparation for the Delta Flight Museum's latest exhibit featuring the retired aircraft. On September 9, 2015, Delta retired Ship 6301, the first Boeing 747-400 aircraft manufactured for a commercial airline, after its final flight from Honolulu to Atlanta. KENT D. JOHNSON /kdjohnson@ajc.com #delta747experience
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April 30, 2016

Delta Air Lines very carefully moved a Boeing 747-400 jumbo jet across a city street to its museum at its headquarters on Saturday morning, to prepare for an exhibit featuring the retired widebody.

The multi-hour mission to move “Ship 6301” to the Delta Flight Museum required careful planning.

KENT D. JOHNSON /kdjohnson@ajc.com

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The 747 will be on exhibit sometime in early 2017 and open to the public for tours.

ExploreDelta’s ‘747 Experience’ at Delta Flight Museum

The plane has an interesting back-story. It was the first 747-400 built by Boeing, and was initially flown by Northwest Airlines. Delta acquired Northwest in 2008.

Before it began flying as an airliner, it took its first flight in 1988 and was used for engine testing by Pratt & Whitney.

Over its lifetime, Ship 6301 flew more than 60 million miles. The airline’s final flight before retirement was Flight 836 on Sept. 9, 2015, from Honolulu to Atlanta.

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