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The Spirit of Delta
Bought by 36,000 Delta employees as a gift to their airline
Tail number N102DA
Retired. This one lives in the history books now.
The story
In 1982, with Delta bleeding money, three flight attendants started a campaign for employees to buy the airline its first 767 — and 36,000 of them did, pledging paychecks to raise $30 million. No workforce has ever done anything like it before or since. She flew for Delta until 2006 and now rests in the Delta Flight Museum in Atlanta.
Fun fact
The Spirit of Delta is the only jetliner in history purchased by employees as a gift to their airline.
Quick answers
What is the tail number of The Spirit of Delta?
N102DA (Boeing 767-232, retired).
What kind of aircraft is The Spirit of Delta?
Boeing 767-232.
Is it still flying?
No. It no longer flies.
The type
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