Originally Posted by
Abouttime2fish
Here’s another idea. The Navy has the Blues. Air Force have the thunderbirds. At their roots, they are about recruiting. Supposedly there is a pilot shortage coming, maybe Delta should be going to air shows, fly-ins, etc with the DC-7 to recruit pilots?
If they wanted to do that they could use the DC-3. I understand insurance on the DC-3 was going to be crazy because of the name painted on the side, so it likely would be prohibitive for this as well. In this case the aircraft will appear airworthy but have two dead engines mounted.