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Fascinating pictures show Delta's 10 decades
Daily Mail ^ | 5/14/2019 | TED THORNHILL

Posted on 05/14/2019 8:18:41 AM PDT by WhoisAlanGreenspan?

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This is a nice little aviation pictorial history. Some effort has been made that these examples do not have copyright stamps, just sayin.


1 posted on 05/14/2019 8:18:41 AM PDT by WhoisAlanGreenspan?
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Airline history fascinates me. I have a beautiful book on the history of PanAm, all in color.


2 posted on 05/14/2019 8:28:14 AM PDT by Veto! (Veto! (Political Correctness Offends Me))
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To: WhoisAlanGreenspan?

Don’t
Ever
Leave
The
Airport


3 posted on 05/14/2019 8:32:33 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Don’t
Expect
Luggage
To
Arrive


4 posted on 05/14/2019 8:41:46 AM PDT by joethedrummer
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Since they bought out Northwest Airlines, DTW or Detroit Metro airport has been one of their regional hubs. I've lived here about 6.5 miles NNE of prime take off and landing route for the past 30+ years.

As I sit on my back porch all the planes flying over have the word Delta written on the underbelly. I've always wondered what they were trying to say. Thanks!

5 posted on 05/14/2019 9:08:55 AM PDT by WhoisAlanGreenspan? (# of takeoffs = # of landings)
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The Airport Hilton at St. Louis is a shrine to TWA.
Every room, every hallway, restaurant and bar features happy folks getting on or getting off TWA airplanes...


6 posted on 05/14/2019 9:19:36 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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Airline history fascinates me. I have a beautiful book on the history of PanAm, all in color.

The world headquarters bldg. is still in Key West.

7 posted on 05/14/2019 9:21:58 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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Branniff is still my all-time favorite airline.


8 posted on 05/14/2019 9:23:05 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: WhoisAlanGreenspan?

The Lockheed Constellation was one of the (maybe even THE) prettiest airliner ever built. It looks almost organic, like a dolphin.


9 posted on 05/14/2019 9:27:40 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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That second picture.

Barbara Bush sitting next to Lyndon Johnson.

Cool.


10 posted on 05/14/2019 9:27:45 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd ( Import the third world and you'll become the third world.)
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Interesting color schemes, beautiful Stewardesses (er...flight attendants”...bah)


11 posted on 05/14/2019 9:34:14 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: Can't control their emotions. Can't control their actions. Deny them control of anything.)
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I can’t tell...is that for real? Kind of looks like LBJ from the side...


12 posted on 05/14/2019 9:34:48 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: Can't control their emotions. Can't control their actions. Deny them control of anything.)
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Sure its real.

And on the other side of the isle we have Tony Curtis. Sitting next to Marilyn Monroe.


13 posted on 05/14/2019 9:38:36 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd ( Import the third world and you'll become the third world.)
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I can’t tell...is that for real? Kind of looks like LBJ from the side...

His ears are too small for it to be LBJ.

14 posted on 05/14/2019 9:40:24 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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LOL...I forgot about Mr. Original JugHandles!


15 posted on 05/14/2019 9:41:16 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: Can't control their emotions. Can't control their actions. Deny them control of anything.)
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LOL, okay, now you are just being a jerk!


16 posted on 05/14/2019 9:42:06 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: Can't control their emotions. Can't control their actions. Deny them control of anything.)
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17 posted on 05/14/2019 9:43:47 AM PDT by Bratch (IF YOU HAVE SELFISH IGNORANT CITIZENS, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE SELFISH IGNORANT LEADERS-George Carlin)
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Yep. And its not even lunch time.


18 posted on 05/14/2019 9:43:52 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd ( Import the third world and you'll become the third world.)
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To: WhoisAlanGreenspan?

Hi.

Do you know who purchased Piedmont Airlines?

Thanks.

5.56mm


19 posted on 05/14/2019 9:44:28 AM PDT by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP! BUILD THE WALL!)
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Heh, fish gotta swim, bird’s gotta eat!


20 posted on 05/14/2019 9:46:05 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: Can't control their emotions. Can't control their actions. Deny them control of anything.)
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