Miami International Airport (MIA) today welcomed the first Airbus A380 scheduled flight to the airport. Lufthansa, as planned, launched the A380 service on the Frankfurt-Miami route. MIA welcome the new airplane with a touch of the past – a Douglas DC-3 painted in American Airlines colors and a Douglas DC-7B painted in Eastern Air Lines.

Video on the oldest flying Douglas DC-3 “Flagship Detroit”:

Copyright Photos: L. Apso. Probably never to be seen again, the DC-3 and the DC-7B were parked next to the A380 on the modern Concourse J ramp in the South Terminal.