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Guest Contributor: Shea Oakley

Summary by World Airline News
Photographs of Delta Air Lines Douglas DC-8-11’s in the 1959 “pre-widget” delivery livery, particularly in color, are almost non-existent. That is what makes this shot of “N803E” at Atlanta truly a rare gem. Delta beat United Air Lines by just a few hours in inaugurating the world’s first service with this pioneering first generation jetliner […]
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Guest Contributor: Shea Oakley

Photographs of Delta Air Lines Douglas DC-8-11’s in the 1959 “pre-widget” delivery livery, particularly in color, are almost non-existent. That is what makes this shot of “N803E” at Atlanta truly a rare gem. Delta beat United Air Lines by just a few hours in inaugurating the world’s first service with this pioneering first generation jetliner […]

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World Airline News broke the news in on Friday, July 25, 2025.
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