PILOT STORIES: Eaton,
Samuel C.
| Air Mail
Service Began: |
July 30, 1919 |
| Air Mail
Service Ended: |
March 31, 1920 |
| Assignment: |
College Park, Maryland |
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September 20, 1919, Belmont
Park, New York |
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December 15, 1919 –
Newark, New Jersey |
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February 1, 1920 –
College Park, Maryland |
Pilot Samuel C. Eaton is better known today
for his sense of humor than his flying skills. After crashing
his JN-4H "Jenny" aircraft into a tree outside
of Philadelphia in the summer of 1919, he filed a report on
the crash that said he had delivered the mail to a "branch"
post office.
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