One of the coolest airline museums you've never heard of

Atlanta (CNN) -- Everything about the rebooted Delta Flight Museum screams, "AIRPLANES!"

Even outside its entrance, I'm greeted by aviation decorations. Lined up in a row like Roman columns are three struts of Boeing 757 landing gear embedded into the front of the building.

Welcome to the Delta Flight Museum, home to some of the airline industry's historic jewels, including a first-of-its-kind aircraft that pioneered the sophisticated planes we fly on today.

This could be the best aviation museum you've never heard of. I'm champing at the bit to see a few highlights, including:

• The cockpit from the first Convair 880-22, once the world's fastest airliner

• A nose-to-wing section of the first L-1011 TriStar that served as a Hollywood movie set

• The airline's beloved "Spirit of Delta," a huge 1980s-era Boeing 767

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