air transport industry
Looking Back: Flying Colonel & Flying Orchid Programs
By Ann on December 11, 2009
In its heyday, the invitation-only Flying Colonel was one of air transportation’s coveted citations. The first ”Flying Colonels of the Delta Fleet” were frequent flyers, supporters of Delta and the air transport industry in 1953, but the program has an earlier history. Delta inherited the Flying Colonels in our merger with Chicago and Southern (C&S) Air Lines in 1953. The program was the [...]
Posted in Airlines | Tagged air transport industry, Betty Jeanne Claffey, C.E. Woolman, Chicago, Colonel, Delta, delta air lines, Flying, George E. Bounds, Manager Source, Marie Force, Memphis, memphis commercial appeal, Program, S Director-, Tommy, Tommy Alexander, Wales, Windsor | Leave a response
Looking Back: Flying Colonel & Flying Orchid Programs
By Ann on December 11, 2009
In its heyday, the invitation-only Flying Colonel was one of air transportation’s coveted citations. The first ”Flying Colonels of the Delta Fleet” were frequent flyers, supporters of Delta and the air transport industry in 1953, but the program has an earlier history. Delta inherited the Flying Colonels in our merger with Chicago and Southern (C&S) Air Lines in 1953. The program was the [...]
Posted in Airlines | Tagged air transport industry, Betty Jeanne Claffey, C.E. Woolman, Chicago, Colonel, Delta, delta air lines, Flying, George E. Bounds, Manager Source, Marie Force, Memphis, memphis commercial appeal, Program, S Director-, Tommy, Tommy Alexander, Wales, Windsor | Leave a response