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In 1925, what would become Delta Air Lines started as the world's first aerial crop-dusting operation in the Mississippi ...
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crop dusting was the company’s primary focus. A group of investors acquired Huff Daland’s assets in December of 1928 and reincorporated as Delta Air Service (named after the Mississippi ...
This year, Delta Air Lines is celebrating its centennial. Huff Daland Dusters, the humble crop dusting operation that grew into the world's most profitable airline, was founded in Macon ...
Delta began on March 2, 1925, when a crop-dusting aircraft belonging to Huff ... The first passenger flights launched from Dallas to Jackson, Mississippi, with stops in Louisiana and Alabama.
Crop-dusting operations were offered from Florida to Arkansas ... Reflecting its Southern roots, and in particular its home in the Mississippi Delta region of the US, the newly purchased company would ...
She named the airline "Delta" in honor of the Mississippi Delta region, where its predecessor, Huff Daland Dusters, was founded as a crop-dusting operation in 1925 (it began carrying passengers in ...
But before he even served passengers, Woolman’s Macon crop dusting company opted to move to Louisiana and the Mississippi Delta’s more expansive fields. He also quickly led its first ...