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Regularly Scheduled Air Mail Service Begins
The Post Office began flying the mail from New York to Washington, D.C., via Philadelphia in 1918. The service got off to an awkward start.
On the morning of May 15, 1918, two air mail pilots in Curtiss Jennys took off within minutes of each other, one from Washington, D.C., the other from Long Island, New York. At Philadelphia, they would exchange mailbags and fly on, thus opening up two-way Washington-Philadelphia-New York air mail service.
At least that was the plan.... |