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Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st edition ; 112 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 x 29 cm ; ISBN: 0962648302; 9780962648304 LCCN: 90-91572 ; LC: HE9803.D44; Dewey: 387.7/06/573 ; OCLC: 23255861 ; " covers the complex history of a great airline, together with those of the main companies that became part of the Delta family: Chicago & Southern, Northeast Airlines, and Western Air Lines. Their combined heritage is respected and preserved in Delta's archives and in its own museum at Atlanta. Delta: An Airline and its Aircraft is intended to complement these institutions in preserving the memories of an airline that has rarely benefited from a gratuitous handout from any government agency, and whose path to success has been derived from the efforts of its own people, and from the judgment and initiative of its own leaders, all of whom rose from within its ranks. " Contents : Prelude in Peru -- The first Delta -- Western Air Express -- Delta Air Lines -- Western picks up the pieces -- An airline for New England -- Chicago & Southern -- Interlude -- The first great merger -- Western moves on -- Delta and the jet age -- Northeast airlines -- Western gains full stature -- Big four to big five -- On to the next century ; blue cloth in color photographic dust jacket ; FINE/FINE. Book.