Northwest required all 747 pilots to fly the approach with a trainer first. ... The lower rudder on the plane's tail was knocked out of its position by a piston, a first for a 747.

DeltaJudging from the sheer number of comments to our paltry post on Delta dipping the first of Northwest's red-tailed 747-400s in Delta blue, we figured we'd follow up a little and offer a new ...

Northwest's 747-200 passenger fleet peaked in size at 22 aircraft in 1997. During their 32 years of service, Northwest's 747-200 aircraft completed more than 320,000 flights and traveled more than ...

Gallaher had flown the first Northwest 747-400 into Minneapolis in 1989. “I was in the right place at the right time to be able to do all this,” he said.

It’s the end of the line for Northwest Airlines’s last Everett-built 747-200. The Minnesota-based carrier retired its final 747-200 from service today, following a flight from Tokyo to Seattle ...