Comments on: High Flying Stars and Stripes! http://blog.delta.com/2008/07/03/high-flying-stars-and-stripes/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:14:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Katie http://blog.delta.com/2008/07/03/high-flying-stars-and-stripes/comment-page-1/#comment-1851 Katie Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:30:41 +0000 http://blog.delta.com/?p=505#comment-1851 blusk - thanks for the widget clarification, helpful info! blusk – thanks for the widget clarification, helpful info!

]]> By: blusk http://blog.delta.com/2008/07/03/high-flying-stars-and-stripes/comment-page-1/#comment-1847 blusk Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:58:54 +0000 http://blog.delta.com/?p=505#comment-1847 HWGeek, Widget was being used in regard to the logos on the aircraft. I don't think we started calling ourselves "widget heads" until a few years later. Brian HWGeek,
Widget was being used in regard to the logos on the aircraft. I don’t think we started calling ourselves “widget heads” until a few years later.
Brian

]]> By: royal-jet-service http://blog.delta.com/2008/07/03/high-flying-stars-and-stripes/comment-page-1/#comment-1826 royal-jet-service Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:05:18 +0000 http://blog.delta.com/?p=505#comment-1826 Wow, that picture brings back memories from when I was a teenager. I remember seeing that bicentennial widget on every Delta jet. I have two diecast DL 727 models, one of the -95, the other of a -200 series, with the bicentennial widget. Wow, that picture brings back memories from when I was a teenager.

I remember seeing that bicentennial widget on every Delta jet. I have two diecast DL 727 models, one of the -95, the other of a -200 series, with the bicentennial widget.

]]> By: what can i do fun this weekend in washington dc http://blog.delta.com/2008/07/03/high-flying-stars-and-stripes/comment-page-1/#comment-1779 what can i do fun this weekend in washington dc Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:08:10 +0000 http://blog.delta.com/?p=505#comment-1779 <strong>what can i do fun this weekend in washington dc...</strong> Sounds interesting but not for every one.... what can i do fun this weekend in washington dc…

Sounds interesting but not for every one….

]]> By: HWGeek http://blog.delta.com/2008/07/03/high-flying-stars-and-stripes/comment-page-1/#comment-1743 HWGeek Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:27:40 +0000 http://blog.delta.com/?p=505#comment-1743 Just curious, was widget even a word in 1976? Just curious, was widget even a word in 1976?

]]> By: blusk http://blog.delta.com/2008/07/03/high-flying-stars-and-stripes/comment-page-1/#comment-1741 blusk Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:33:26 +0000 http://blog.delta.com/?p=505#comment-1741 Hi Marie, I began working for Delta in June of 1976, and ALL the aircraft had the Bicentennial Widget. The one's on the TriStars were especially impressive! By the way, the aircraft in the picture is a 727-95 from Northeast, it isn't a -200. The -200 was larger and had two service doors on the right side of the fuselage. The -95 was shorter and had only one service door on the right side, just in front of the wing. I think DL was the largest operator of the -200 and primarily used the -232, -295 (ex-Northeast), -247 (ex-Western) plus a few ex-Eastern and ex-PanAm examples. Brian Hi Marie,
I began working for Delta in June of 1976, and ALL the aircraft had the Bicentennial Widget. The one’s on the TriStars were especially impressive! By the way, the aircraft in the picture is a 727-95 from Northeast, it isn’t a -200. The -200 was larger and had two service doors on the right side of the fuselage. The -95 was shorter and had only one service door on the right side, just in front of the wing. I think DL was the largest operator of the -200 and primarily used the -232, -295 (ex-Northeast), -247 (ex-Western) plus a few ex-Eastern and ex-PanAm examples.
Brian

]]> By: tvDAN http://blog.delta.com/2008/07/03/high-flying-stars-and-stripes/comment-page-1/#comment-1733 tvDAN Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:10:02 +0000 http://blog.delta.com/?p=505#comment-1733 Just so we're clear... July 4th celebrates the signing of the Declaration of Independence on 7/4/1776. The words "We the People" weren't written until over 11 years later when the United States Constitution was adopted on September 17, 1787. But "In Congress, July 4th, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America..." probably wouldn't fit on the side of a 727. "We the People" is catchier. Just so we’re clear… July 4th celebrates the signing of the Declaration of Independence on 7/4/1776. The words “We the People” weren’t written until over 11 years later when the United States Constitution was adopted on September 17, 1787. But “In Congress, July 4th, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America…” probably wouldn’t fit on the side of a 727. “We the People” is catchier.

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