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Northwest Airways was incorporated on August 1, 1926 and in 1934 the name of the company was changed to Northwest Airlines. Northwest Airlines has a transcontinental domestic route system as well as having the distinction of being one of the largest American carriers to the Pacific with a strong route structure to Tokyo and other points in the Far East.
NASM.1996.0034
Northwest Airlines, Inc.
1960-1996
Northwest Airlines, gift, 1996, 1996-0034
18.72 Linear feet
National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of 89 obsolete training and orientation films used by Northwest Airlines, Inc. and 87 obsolete technical manuals for aircraft in the Northwest fleet. The technical manuals include material on the following types of aircraft: Boeing 707, 727, 747; Douglas DC-9; and McDonnell Douglas DC-10 and MD-80.
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Boeing 707 Family
Boeing 727 Family
Boeing 747 Family
Douglas DC-9 Family
McDonnell Douglas DC-10 Family
Douglas DC-9 Super 80 (MD-80) Series
Aeronautics
Aeronautics, Commercial -- United States
Flight training
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Publications
Motion pictures (visual works)