Atlanta Hartsfield Airport

[James A. Landau]

In a message dated  Sun, 14 Mar 2004 21:39:33 EST,   RonButters at AOL.COM wrote:

>  I couldn't get any hits for "you will change planes in Atlanta."
>
>  I have heard this said about Delta, which has a major hub in Atlanta. Did
>  Eastern really have a hub there? I thought their big hub was Chicago. It
has
>   been  so long since they went out of business, I can't remember.

I Googled on +"go to Hell"+"change planes" and +"go to Hell"+Hartsfield.

According to its Web site,
http://www.atlanta-airport.com/Default.asp?url=sublevels/airport_info/gmpage.h
tm,
the airport has been in operation since 1926, with several name changes along
the way.
<quote>
1942
In July, because of a dispute with the Post Office, the City reaffirmed the
name as Atlanta Municipal Airport because they could not find the original
paperwork. Hartsfield later was quoted as saying that he very clearly remembered
that the City had officially changed the name in 1929.
</quote>

Aside to Barry Popik:  "dirty shirts" is what the British Redcoats called
American soldiers.

         - James A. Landau