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start an airmail service. Start of Scheduled Airmail Service, 1918 The Post Office Department began scheduled airmail service between New York and Washington, D.C., on May 15, 1918 — an important date in commercial aviation. Simultaneous takeoffs were made from Washington’s Polo Grounds and from Belmont Park,
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Sep 9, 2020 · In 1925, airmail opened up to private contractors, meaning the very fledgling commercial airlines that were happy to start learning to carry mail in exchange for a large share of postage...
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Apr 30, 2018 · At approximately 11:30 a.m. on May 15, 1918, the U.S. Post Office inaugurated regular airmail service, using Curtiss JN-4H biplanes to fly between Washington, D.C. and New York City,...
May 15, 2018 · On May 15, 1918, Lt. James Edgerton flew the mail from Philadelphia to Washington, DC in a Curtiss Jenny, during the first scheduled air mail flight. Though it had a rocky start, this flight would go on to change the postal service, and the airline industry, forever.
Air mail was flown exclusively by the U.S. Army (as the "Army Air Corps Mail Operation") from February 19 to May 8, 1934, when new temporary contracts with private carriers were put into effect.
Apr 12, 2021 · The U.S. aviation industry took off in the early 20 th century not by transporting people, but by moving America’s mail. At first, airmail pilots flew in flimsy open-cockpit planes through...
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The first official air mail delivery in the United States took place on August 17, 1859, when John Wise piloted a balloon starting in Lafayette, Indiana, with a destination of New York. Weather issues forced him to land near Crawfordsville, Indiana, and the mail reached its final destination via train.
