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- Warren Glover and Harry New Congratulate Air Mail Pilot Earl Ward, March 20, 1926 - 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.
- 1926
- Collections - Artifact
Warren Glover and Harry New Congratulate Air Mail Pilot Earl Ward, March 20, 1926
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.
- Advertising Poster, "Air Mail. Save Time, Speed Your Mail," 1927 - Regular air mail service in the United States started in 1918. The faster delivery came with a hefty premium. Initial air mail stamps cost 24 cents each -- eight times the charge for standard ground service. Banks and time-sensitive businesses were the earliest customers. The price gradually fell until, in 1975, domestic air service was made routine without added cost.
- 1927
- Collections - Artifact
Advertising Poster, "Air Mail. Save Time, Speed Your Mail," 1927
Regular air mail service in the United States started in 1918. The faster delivery came with a hefty premium. Initial air mail stamps cost 24 cents each -- eight times the charge for standard ground service. Banks and time-sensitive businesses were the earliest customers. The price gradually fell until, in 1975, domestic air service was made routine without added cost.