In 1912 the idea of flight was still new to most people, including those who lived in Marietta. The idea that man could overcome gravity and fly through the sky was something that most had to see to ...

Sonoma County made aviation history 114 years ago when local pilot Fred J. Wiseman glided his biplane from Petaluma to Santa Rosa to deliver mail and newspapers — marking the first airmail flight in ...

On this day in aviation history-June 22, 1946-the first jet-powered airmail flight took place, marking a new chapter in postal and aviation progress. Just 43 years after the Wright brothers’ ...

A series where we take a #lookback at the stories and history of our community, brought to you by Mick Pryor, Financial ...

Spokane’s Felts Field was one of the nation’s first municipal airports, one of the first federally sanctioned airports and a key piece of the national airmail system. The first airmail flights were in ...

Cincinnati has a curious distinction as the site of not one but two of the earliest flights to carry mail. More surprising: The two historic flights were 77 years apart. But let's not get ahead of ...

A Swallow biplane left Pasco on April 6, 1926, making the history books as the first commercial U.S. Air Mail flight. City of Pasco Pasco, WA When a biplane took off from an airfield in Southeast ...

Airmail service was first tested in the US in 1911, but airplanes were a new invention and too risky for the federal government to invest in for reliable service. In 1918, the Post Office Department ...

In 1912, a man sold stamps for the first airmail service between Portland and Vancouver. Walter Edwards made this first interstate flight carrying 5,000 uniquely postmarked letters, some with stamps ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. To demonstrate the potential of transporting mail by air, the United States Post Office authorized a series of special air mail flights as part of ...