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Lieutenant Webb and the first day of airmail
Airmail
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Lieutenant Webb and the first day of airmail
On May 15, 1918, the United States officially established airmail service between New York, Philadelphia and Washington, DC.
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Airmail plane 38262 takes off on the first day
A Curtiss Jenny leaves Washington, DC, on May 15, 1918, the first day of scheduled airmail service.
Loading the mail for a pathfinding flight
Airmail
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Loading the mail for a pathfinding flight
Three Junkers aircraft flew a transcontinental pathfinding flight for the Post Office Department in July 1920.
Mail arrives in Omaha at 1:50 in the morning
Airmail
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Mail arrives in Omaha at 1:50 in the morning
The first scheduled transcontinental airmail flight from west to east reached Omaha on July 2, 1924.
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