Preparing airmail

FLIGHT SCHOOL

In the early years of flight, it took imagination and perseverance to get airplanes in the air and to keep them flying. The story of America's airmail system involves many brave and creative people from engineers and mechanics to pilots and superintendents. These people believed that delivering mail by airplane would be valuable for the public, and worked to make airmail successful, no matter how difficult the task became.

Explore airmail service ~1911 to ~1926
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Aviation Innovation
How long did it take to get a message across the United States in 1900, 1918, and 1926?