| PILOT
STORIES: Sharpnack, Jack W.
| Air
Mail Service Began: |
September 8, 1920 |
| Air
Mail Service Ended: |
January 25, 1921 |
| Pilot
Rehired: |
February 12, 1923 |
| Air
Mail Service Ended: |
June 9, 1927 |
| Total
Hours Flown: |
2256.41 |
| Total
Miles Flown: |
217,212 |
| Assignments: |
Reno, Nevada |
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February 12 1923 –
Reno, Nevada |
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February 16, 1923 –
Salt Lake City |
On December 21, 1926, Sharpnack was flying a mail airplane out of Elko, Nevada, with the west-bound mail
at 10:51 a.m. In his forced landing report, Sharpnack noted
that the "weather was very stormy with high head winds.
Necessary to follow rail road and dodge around to miss storms.
Took me till 2:20 p.m. to reach a point opposite Hazen, Nevada,
where I landed account of insufficient Gasoline left to reach
Reno Field. Landed at this point at 2:20 p.m. and caught a
ride by auto to Hazen, where I secured gasoline and a Ford
Truck to take myself and gas back to ship. Refueled ship and
left point of forced landing at 4:05 p.m., arriving Reno Field
at 4:40 p.m. Mail was trained from Reno west to destination
account of weather over mountains."
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