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- Air Mail Plane Landing at Hadley Field at Night, New York to Chicago Route, July 1, 1925 - In 1924, with the success of experimental night operations and increasing business interest in next-day mail, the U.S. Air Mail Service announced plans to establish regular overnight flights between New York and Chicago. Preparations included mounting floodlights and searchlights at airfields and constructing a series of routing beacons and emergency landing fields along the route. The first official flights departed from both terminal cities on July 1, 1925.
- July 02, 1925
- Collections - Artifact
Air Mail Plane Landing at Hadley Field at Night, New York to Chicago Route, July 1, 1925
In 1924, with the success of experimental night operations and increasing business interest in next-day mail, the U.S. Air Mail Service announced plans to establish regular overnight flights between New York and Chicago. Preparations included mounting floodlights and searchlights at airfields and constructing a series of routing beacons and emergency landing fields along the route. The first official flights departed from both terminal cities on July 1, 1925.
- Bell & Howell Light Bar, circa 1950 -
- circa 1950
- Collections - Artifact
Bell & Howell Light Bar, circa 1950