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Airmail’s Early Corridor Triumph Aboard Night Flight
In 1921 Congress halted transcontinental airmail as a failure but pilots proved the system could work. Jack Knight's daring daylight and open cockpit landing through Iowa City, aided by railroad flares, showed airmail’s promise despite no navigational aids. The era began with routes from San Francisco to New York and flights by day and night.
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