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Posted on 05/14/2019 8:18:41 AM PDT by WhoisAlanGreenspan?
Delta Air Lines flies to 370 destinations on six continents using a range of hi-tech Airbus and Boeing aircraft
But it started life as a crop-dusting outfit in 1924. It expanded to passenger transportation with fiver-seaters The pictures here reveal how air travel with Delta took huge leaps forward from 1936 onwards
Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines is worth $37billion (£28billion) and flies to 370 destinations on six continents with state-of-the-art aircraft.
Truly, it’s a titan of aviation.
But it started life as a crop-dusting outfit in 1924. And when it expanded to passenger transportation it used planes that could only hit 90mph, with the wind behind them. Delta has been on quite a journey, then – and these fascinating pictures illustrate the carrier’s dramatic transformation over the decades.
They show some of its earliest passenger planes, a restored 1931 model with five passenger seats, a 1940 Douglas DC-3, which had 21 seats and was capable of 170mph, and a 1946 DC-4, which had 44 seats and a brisk-for-the-time top speed of 215mph.
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Nobody.
Heh, was that in “Sensurround”??????
(or “Feelaround”? Looks like the right era there!)
Herb Kellerher must be turning over in his grave seeing what Southwest has become.
Love me some Connies! The absolute queen of art deco aircraft!
They love you long time.
AirCal gave them a run for their money. PSA gets honorable mention.
SWA is no different than most carriers.
Cattle cars with wings.
We serve you long time!
That Lockheed Constellation(in the first photo) is one of the most beautiful aircraft ever built
I don’t think this is what Ho Chi Minh had in mind.
One of Delta’s advertising taglines, “Delta is ready when you are.”, was one of the most difficult sentences to nail when I was at broadcasting school in the early ‘70’s.
They’re building a retro TWA hotel at one of the JFK terminals. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/up-up-and-away-at-the-twa-hotel-at-jfk/
One of Southwest Air taglines in 2001 was... “You are now free to move about the Country”.
Sadly ironic when their TV commercials were still on the air immediately after 9/11.
Came here to say that. I loved Braniff.
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I would vote for PSA back in the day. They even had an ad that claimed the aisle seats were most in demand, showing some guy checking out the stew’s arse.
That would be the old TWA terminal designed by Eero Saarinen.
Cathay Pacific is my favorite.
My first flight ever: BDL-JFK on Eastern Airlines in 1964 to go to the World’s Fair. Flight was about 25 minutes. It took us longer to get to Bradley Field in Connecticut from home (one hour). We were all in dresses, pantyhose, high heels, etc.
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