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Delta Airlines originated in Monroe Louisiana in the early 1920's
Posted on 5/25/17 at 4:53 pm
Posted on 5/25/17 at 4:53 pm
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:
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]
Posted on 5/25/17 at 4:55 pm to Tiger Ree
OMG so weird ... I'm about to board a Delta plane!!! OMG.
Posted on 5/25/17 at 4:57 pm to Tiger Ree
I thought this was common knowledge
Posted on 5/25/17 at 5:00 pm to AbitaFan08
Wonder if the single consistent downvoter hates Delta or the OP.
Posted on 5/25/17 at 5:00 pm to Tiger Ree
Did you know the human head weighs 8 lbs?
Posted on 5/25/17 at 5:03 pm to Tiger Ree
They claim Coke too in some weird way.
Every now and then, you will run across a Monroeite who will assert that they somehow got cheated out of being what Atlanta is today.
Every now and then, you will run across a Monroeite who will assert that they somehow got cheated out of being what Atlanta is today.
Posted on 5/25/17 at 5:06 pm to Y.A. Tittle
First to bottle coke baw
Posted on 5/25/17 at 5:06 pm to Tiger Ree
Yep. My grandmother was a stewardess in the 30's out of Nola lakefront airport.
Posted on 5/25/17 at 5:12 pm to Y.A. Tittle
I know someone in that family. They got Delta and Coke money. They're stupid rich.
Posted on 5/25/17 at 5:13 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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They claim Coke too in some weird way.
Joe Biedenharn was a frickin boss. He was the first to bottle coke and he was one of the delta airlines original investors.
Posted on 5/25/17 at 5:14 pm to Tiger Ree
Pretty much par for the course on Louisiana's ability to retain businesses
This post was edited on 5/25/17 at 5:24 pm
Posted on 5/25/17 at 5:16 pm to Tiger Ree
I didn't know this, thanks for sharing.
Also, frick Delta and frick the Atlanta airport.
Also, frick Delta and frick the Atlanta airport.
Posted on 5/25/17 at 5:18 pm to jdeval1
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on Louisiana's ability to retain businesses
You just can't fight statue erections.
This post was edited on 5/25/17 at 5:21 pm
Posted on 5/25/17 at 5:21 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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Y.A. Tittle
Bc Monroe and ATL are so much alike right? ATL stole Monroe's identity and should be ashamed!
Posted on 5/25/17 at 5:23 pm to SamuelClemens
Sherman could have just left BR and torched Monroe!
Traitorous Bastard.
Traitorous Bastard.
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