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AIRMAIL CREATES AN INDUSTRY: Making it on Their Own

United Air Lines Flying Mailcar. These flying post offices were tested by the airlines including American. The system worked in a similar fashion to the railway mail services mail-on-the-fly program. Mail clerks were stationed aboard the airplanes to sort mail while in flight.

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