Delta Flight Museum to reopen in April with new exhibits, interactive features

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When talking about the latest and most important air travel of the day, it often comes down to the airlines on the ship and whistles. Add at a rapid pace In an effort to plead customers, over 18 million people have traveled by plane in the US… only last week.

Flying is a very integral part of our lives today, especially for those of us who are passionate about traveling. It’s easy to lose sight of how amazing the concept of planes and flight is in the first place.

Next month, America’s oldest airlines will reopen the doors to museums telling stories of those humble beginnings, celebrating the mode of transportation that literally opens the whole world to those who dream of it.And the point) To see it.

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Delta reopens museum

On April 7th, Delta Air Lines welcomes visitors to the museum of its name on its home airport campus.

For the past two months, the Delta Flight Museum has been shut down as it ran through a $100 million facelift that brought a five-minute new interactive display in a short five-minute drive from the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) terminal.

The timing of renovations to a 30-year-old destination – a must-see for aviation enthusiasts – is just as intentional as the selection of artifacts inside. It is part of Delta’s 100th birthday celebration for a year.

And more than ever, the museum aims to tell the story of the Atlanta-based airline’s first century operation.

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“We really wanted the place to look spectacular,” said Nina Thomas, director of the exhibition and public programs. “We really wanted more interactions. There are obviously a lot of big planes, but we have little experience at the bite-sized level.”

Touring reabsorbed facilities

To Thomas’s point: Yes, there are planes, but the aircraft are nothing new – itself, or in the museum.

Outside, you can’t miss the Boeing 747, a holdover attraction featuring one of Delta’s Queens of the Sky, which flew its last flight in 2015.

However, inside, the curators updated the first ever Boeing 767 walkthrough tour. The jet, known as the “Spirit of Delta,” was purchased in 1982 by the airline in grassroots efforts, followed by grassroots efforts, where the airline contributed to the new onboard media.

The biggest draw for Avgie of all ages: Ella Cabin in the 1980s. Today, it includes today’s large movie screens thanks to the seatback screens found on Delta aircraft.

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The crew of the museum’s staples (and the farewell tour below) since their retirement in the mid-2000s, have removed some seats from the delta spirit to make it more accessible to guests using wheelchairs.

New updates and interactive touch

The museum occupies two oldest hangers on the campus of ATL, the busiest airport in the world, celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2025.

Alongside the disappearance of crops early in the carrier and aircraft from far more limited aviation services, artificial intelligence brings movement to black and white photographs showing the bustling maintenance that once continued on these buildings.

A few steps away, the kids can climb to the exhibit sponsored by the new Airbus. This offers a flavour of what it’s like to work in aviation, in addition to being a bit more fun.

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US plan maker Boeing sponsored its own mobile displays of current and past jets by the Delta, the airlines that absorbed the decades-old mergers, and by the airlines that absorbed some of the current SkyTeam Alliance Partners, such as South Korea’s Air and KLM. Adjacent to the display: a historic route map from the airline, it is for all changes over the years – This week continues – Always at the helm in Atlanta.

After advancing the marked tunnel with the company’s historic “Fly Delta Jet”, visitors can take a virtual tour of the carrier’s global destination via an expanded reality display sponsored by the American Express and narrated by the Delta captain.

The newly Curit exhibition nearby offers dozens of artifacts from predecessors’ airlines, including Northwest, Pan am, the Pacific Ocean and Northeast. Oldest History: The Wicker chair, which was used as the passenger seat for the DC-3, the oldest airliner airliner whose customers sacrificed a whopping $90 in 1929, is worth nearly $1,700 for $2025.

Looking up you will see a delta mural designed by student artists from Savanna College of Arts and Design in Georgia.

Also, Avgeeks can try out your hands with an extended version of the Boeing 737 Flight Simulator.

Back at ground level, the touchscreen walls provide an interactive timeline of the airline’s history, ranging from the addition of Biscoff cookies in 1988 to cookies baring the current Centennial logo. And we will celebrate our 100th anniversary from 2025. The colour debuted last week.

“It reflects how far we’ve come, and I think it’s the most important thing. I think it’s everyone you’re going to turn,” Delta Chief Human Resources Officer Alison Orserband told TPG. “We can all buy the same plane. We can buy the same duvet covers, all the same. But we can’t replicate people in the Delta.”

Today, much of the Delta focuses on backing up its claims as the most premium US airline. Delta One Lounge and Sky Club Portfolio, its lucrative credit card partnerships American Expressand premium seating options on the plane – supplemented by a series of new additions in recent years. Free in-flight Wi-Fiand in January, YouTube and Uber.

Such kinds of innovation, along with new, new types of aircraft and technology, will certainly be part of its future, as outlined by executives when they are flashy. Keynote speech on a sphere In Las Vegas.

But it’s nice to think that it didn’t exist 100 years ago when you can book cutting-edge Lie-Flat seats using Skymiles earned on your credit card.

“Our first loyalty programme was a flying colonel,” recalled Ausband. “The certificate we gave to the flying colonel in 1964 said, “Thank you for supporting us in the development of aviation.” And we are today, a completely different place. ”

The updated museum offers an opportunity to look back at the very contrast that begins on April 7th.

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