Delta Airlines originated in Monroe Louisiana in the early 1920's

Watching an episode of the Daytripper on Public TV Houston. They are in Mount Pleasant TX at an airplane museum.

They were a crop dusting company out of Monroe and named Delta Airlines because of the Mississippi Delta. The museum has a "Delta Air Service, Inc" plane that was one of the first passenger planes the crop dusting company operated.

The chairs in the one they are showing look like steel lawn chairs with seat and back pads. The back pad has a pocket that hangs over the top of the chair in the back to hold the cushion in place. Interesting stuff.

From Wiki:

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The company moved to Monroe, Louisiana, and was later renamed Delta Air Services, in reference to the nearby Mississippi Delta region, and commenced passenger services on June 17, 1929.

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Delta Air Lines began as a crop dusting operation called Huff Daland Dusters, Incorporated. The company was founded on May 30, 1924 in Macon, Georgia, and moved to Monroe, Louisiana, in 1925. They flew a Huff-Daland Duster, the first true crop duster, designed to combat the boll weevil infestation of cotton crops. Collett E. Woolman, one of the original directors, purchased the company on September 13, 1928, and renamed it Delta Air Service. Service began on June 17, 1929 with the inaugural flight between Dallas, Texas and Jackson, Mississippi.[29]

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