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Uncle Sam's Air Mail Service Marks Its 20th Anniversary
Mineola New York scene recalls early 1911 mail pouches dropped from an army plane marking the birth of air mail later formalized on May 15 1918. From 37 000 pieces carried in 1911 to today the system expanded across the nation with dramatic feats by pioneer pilots and a complex evolution through wars private contracts and regulatory shifts.
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Uncle Sam’s
Mineola
N. Y
Air Mail
New York
Washington
Post Office Department
Earle Ovington
Nassau Boulevard
Long Island
John Wise
Little Fellows
France
Postoffice Department
Army U Lers
Post Ofice Department
Atlantic
Pacific
America
Cleveland
Chicago
Omaha
San Francisco
Jack Knight
E. Hamilton Lee
Trom North Platte
Knight
Iowa City
Des Moines
St. Louis
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Kelly Air Mail
Flower
Congress
Otto Praeger
Praeger
New York City
Army Air Corps
United States
Oldtimers
National City Bank
Alf M. Landon
New York Times
Baltimore Sun
la Foliettes
Roosevelt
la Follettes
Liberty League