First Official U.S. Airmail Flight
On September 23, 1911, Earle Ovington made America’s first airmail delivery between Garden City and Mineola, New York.
On September 23, 1911, Earle Ovington made America’s first airmail delivery between Garden City and Mineola, New York.
Pilot and Flying Tigers founder Claire Lee Chennault was born on September 6, 1890, in Commerce, Texas.
On June 26, 1948, the first supply-filled planes departed bases in England and Western Germany as part of the Berlin Airlift.
On May 23, 1918, Katherine Stinson became the first woman hired by the post office to deliver airmail in the US.
On May 14, 1935, US and Cuban pilots flew the first international airmail sky train.
On February 5, 1918, US pilot Stephen W. Thompson shot down a German aircraft, making him the first person in the American military to shoot down an enemy plane.
On December 23, 1986, Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager completed the first non-stop flight around the world without refueling.
On December 17, 1903, brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright made the first successful heavier-than-air flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
On December 16, 1912, the United States issued the world’s first stamp to picture an airplane – a 20¢ Parcel Post issue.