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What does Air Mail have to do with you? The Air Mail Service originally began to fly between College Park, Philadelphia and New York in 1918. By 1922, a route existed between New York and San Francisco. In 1927, when the Post Office run Air mail was finally phased out, many routes pioneered by the Air mail service crisscrossed the nation. Because of the air mail service that originally operated out of College Park, new flying instruments and techniques were formulated, such as flying at night over long distances. Commercial airlines finally were able to have a successful start by taking over the air mail routes from the Post Office. |