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re: Delta Airlines originated in Monroe Louisiana in the early 1920's
Posted on 5/25/17 at 5:30 pm to Tiger Ree
Posted on 5/25/17 at 5:30 pm to Tiger Ree
Delta had their yearly convention in Montoe for years and years. Most everybody in charge kept after Biedenharn to move the convention to a bigger city. His ending line of his speech at the annual meeting always was "As 51% owner of Delta Airlines I want to be the first to welcome you back to Monroe for next years meetings"
dude was a boss
dude was a boss 
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Posted on 5/25/17 at 5:31 pm to Tiger Ree
North La > S. La. And we still have our confederate statues.
Posted on 5/25/17 at 5:52 pm to threeputt
Delta held their board meetings at the Central Bank location in downtown Monroe. The table in the board meeting room was shaped like a huge wing off a plane.
Posted on 5/25/17 at 5:53 pm to threeputt
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"As 51% owner of Delta Airlines I want to be the first to welcome you back to Monroe for next years meetings"
that's f-ing awesome
side note: there used to be an airline called Southern Air that Delta gobbled up during their growing years. they hit all the hot spots: br, monroe, greenville, alex, ect
Posted on 5/25/17 at 5:58 pm to Tiger Ree
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Delta Airlines originated in Monroe Louisiana in the early 1920's
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The company was founded on May 30, 1924 in Macon, Georgia,
Ugh?
Posted on 5/25/17 at 6:11 pm to FlagLake
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quote:Delta Airlines originated in Monroe Louisiana in the early 1920's
quote:The company was founded on May 30, 1924 in Macon, Georgia,
Ugh?
Huff Daland Dusters was founded in macon Ga. It did not become Delta until 1928 while headquartered in Monroe.
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Collett E. Woolman, one of the original directors, purchased the company on September 13, 1928, and renamed it Delta Air Service.
Macon = Huff Daland Dusters
Monroe = Delta Air Service
Ugh?
Posted on 5/25/17 at 6:24 pm to Tiger Ree
Posted on 5/25/17 at 6:43 pm to Tiger Ree
Worst airline ever
Posted on 5/25/17 at 6:48 pm to Tiger Ree
Like most smart people they left La to prosper.
Posted on 5/25/17 at 6:52 pm to flyAU
Biedenharn family has sold all their stock in Delta and Coke. I don't know what Delta sold for but the Coke stock (including the Monroe bottling plant) went for $335 million. The Coke was sold in the early 90's and the Delta around 2000
Posted on 5/25/17 at 6:52 pm to montrose
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Delta Airline Article here.
Wow !
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Newspapers raved about the Travel Air’s wood-insulated “soundproof” cabin that made inflight conversation possible—barely—and noted that passengers could roll down the windows for ventilation.
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the Travel Air was powered by a 300-horsepower Wright J6 engine, could cruise at 90 miles per hour and had a maximum range of 500 miles.
This post was edited on 5/25/17 at 6:55 pm
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