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Air travel with Delta took a big step forward in 1940 with the Douglas DC-3.

It could hit 170mph, had room for 21 passengers and had a range of 500 miles.

It revolutionized commercial aviation.

By 1940, DC-3s carried 80 per cent of the world's airline traffic

Air speeds jumped in 1936 with the 190mph Lockheed Electra 10, Delta's first all-metal plane.

It had capacity for 10 passengers and had 450 horse power, thanks to two Pratt & Whitney Wasp engines.

It also had retractable wheels - which practically rendered it space-aged for the time.

Passenger comforts included hat nets, window curtains, reading lamps and ashtrays. And with the Lockheed 10, Delta introduced its first onboard meal service box lunches and coffee, served by the co-pilot.

Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines is worth $37billion (£28billion) and flies to 370 destinations on six continents with state-of-the-art aircraft.

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.


Pictured is a restored 1931 Curtiss-Wright 6B Sedan, first-ever passenger aircraft, the Travel Air S-6000-B, which flew Delta's first passengers on June 17, 1929.





https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-7022921/Fascinating-pictures-Delta-Air-Lines-transformation-10-decades.html

President Muhammadu Buhari has been pictured praying in inside the Holy Ka'abah in Mecca, Saudi Arabia wearing the religious robes slung over his shoulder.

He was pictured with his wife, Aisha Buhari, some delegates and other Muslim faithfuls.

The picture was shared by his son, Buharijnr.
Lalasticlala, Mynd44

MyVILLAGEpeople:
He must have been a wealthy Man.

Likely, cost of hiring that plane or maybe he owns it.

hahn:
The black man is very religious and is always looking forward to heaven but for some reason fear death more than people are not religious and are not looking forward to heaven

That video alone is scary.

fernandez1:
I repeat do not try dis at home.....

Not just home, dont try it at all.

Called the Wansheng Ordovician Theme Park, Located in Chongqing, a major city in southwest China.

The Wansheng Ordovician tourist attractions feature bridges, challenging walkways, and swings which are placed at an altitude of 1,300 meters (4,265 feet).

See video here:



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Once More To The Beach.

Touching Moment: Crew stand and salute dying Pearl Harbor sailor and survivor, Bud Cloud as he is granted final wish to board the Dewey/Destroyer one last time.

He served as an Electrician on the Destroyer during WWII.

It was an emotional day for Cloud.

He died 13 days later, after going on board.

This gentleman wanted to see his hometown from above one last time.

This woman got to see the beach and feel the sand one last time.

Terminally ill patient had "the best day of his life" when his wish for the one last ride was fulfilled.

All this terminally ill man wanted for his wish was to go see his home again, he died in the home moments later.

Final Catch: Dying vietnam veteran fulfills his last wish by being wheeled to a pond in his hospital bed to go fishing one more time.

Dying man, 92, is granted his last wish to hold hands with his wife of 66 years as the couple meets for the last time two hours before passing away.

Jonathan’s last wish was to provide a much needed irrigation system for the Mbuya Nehanda children's home, an orphanage in Melfort, Zimbabwe.

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Last wish of a woman was a private viewing of the Rembrandt Exhibition one more time.

Woman's last wish was a visit to the hospital to see the scans of her unborn grandchild.

Air Force veteran granted last wish of sky diving one more time.

Devoted music teacher gives last lesson from a hospital bed as his dying wish, to pass on his experience to his students.

Dying WWII Engineer get last wish granted, to be reunited with his iconic plane after bosses see him staring for long at the planes he used to work on during the war through the fence from his wheelchair.

My Grandma wanted to see the ocean one last time.

Her face says it all.

Dying Dad walks His 11-Year-Old daughter down the 'Aisle' to give her a lasting memory.


Jim Zetz got his dying wish to walk his daughter down the aisle on her wedding day even though she's only 11.

He was given two weeks to live in October after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

"In years from now," she told Josie, "you can play this on your real wedding day."

Mario, 54, wants to say goodbye to the giraffe at Rotterdam zoo, whose enclosure he used to work and clean.

A week before my Grandfather passed away, i snuck his favorite beer into the Nursing home for him to have a taste one last time.

It was his wish and last beer ever.

Dying forest Ranger, Ed was granted his last wish to see his beloved woods.


All he wanted was to see the forest one last time.

Ed was a forest ranger but has been indoor for years due to his illness.


A small team took Ed up and down the trails in a hospital bed, bringing him the scents of the forest by touching the trees and holding their hands close to Ed’s face.

Jon Stanley, 61, a biker from way back, was at the end of his long battle with lung and brain cancer when his friends did something really special for him to fulfill his final wish.

He missed the roar of his Harley/bike, the feel of the bike beneath him.

He had one last wish, and that was to hear that roar again.

After hearing of Jon’s dying wish, his brother in law Michael Smith reached out to biker David Thompson.

Thompson helped to organize a collaborative event for bikers via social media and the results were incredible.


David wrote in a Facebook post: “I was contacted this around 6:30 this morning by Mike Smith through Facebook and he informed me about Jon, you know he’s terminal, and he’s not looking really good, and one of his wishes was to hear a bunch of motorcycles out his window.

“Sometimes a dying person’s last wish is just to hear the sound of a Harley in their window.

This is Jon Stanley he has terminal cancer.'

I know this is short notice but bikers take care of bikers!

We will meet at Walmart on Ireland Rd at 6 pm and kickstands up at 6:30 tonight 6/12/2017 to ride out to Jon’s house to show him and his family some love and make some noise for him!”


Before long, David’s Facebook post had been shared over 800 times.

Within a few hours, dozens of people had contacted David wanting to lend their support in creating a special moment for Jon Stanley.


All in all, over 100 bikers met at a local Walmart and rode out together to Jon’s place.

Jon’s granddaughter Liliana Ramirez revealed that the surprise was all Jon ever wanted.

“Knowing that all this happened for one man. All he ever wanted was him and his wife on that Harley.”


Jon himself was too ill to sit his own Harley Davidson, but his fellow bikers ensured he was able to spend time with his wife on one of the bikes by sitting side-by-side.


Over 100 bikes fired up their engines together at a time with amazing vibration.


Jon passed away later that same night, in his wife's arms just hours after the event.

All of us know that a time will come for us to take our last breath and leave this human body, the people in this list decided to make their last hours wonderful by doing something they longed to do for a long time.

We live as if there are countless days ahead.

We fail to seize the moment and grab the opportunities to enjoy life to its fullest, do things that make our hearts sing, or express how we feel about the ones we cherish the most.

It always seems that we will be able to do that 'later', when the only thing we really have is now.




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Lalasticlala, Mynd44

mytime24:
If na my country

Meat is ready

Lol.... That's chick na.