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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.
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Apr 12, 2021 · The short-lived, but influential Ford Air Transport, owned by Henry Ford and his son Edsel, began the first commercial airmail service on February 15, 1926, on routes from Detroit to...
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.
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.
On September 23, 1911, Earle Ovington piloted the first authorized U.S. Mail flight in his Bleriot monoplane. Katherine Stinson, the “Flying Schoolgirl” Courtesy Library of Congress. In 1913, 22-year-old Katherine Stinson became the first woman to fly the U.S. Mail when she dropped mailbags from her plane at the Montana State Fair.
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Not only did America’s Post Office Department fund the nation’s commercial aviation industry, but from 1918-1927, the Department operated the nation’s airmail service. Postal officials hired pilots and mechanics, purchased airplanes and equipment, established aviation routes and led the nation into the commercial aviation age.
Airmail service was initiated in 1911 in England between Hendon (northwest of London) and Windsor, to celebrate the coronation of George V. Service was irregular, however, and only 21 trips were made.
