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U. S. Air Mail Time Line

Date Event Location
February 17, 1911 First Official Airmail: Petaluma CA to Santa Rosa CA
Pilot:
Fred Wiseman

Sepember 23, 1911

1st Air Mail Pilot Sworn:  Airplane Station No. 1 established by the United States Goverment during the International Aviation Meet of 1911

Garden City Estates, New York
Pilot:
Earl L. Ovington

Sepember 17, 1911 to November 5, 1911

1st Transcontiental Air Mail flight: Carried mail from one stop to the next stop (actual flying time was 84 hours)

Sheepshead, New York to Pacific Ocean
Pilot:
Calbraith Perry Rodgers

May 15, 1918

1st U.S. Government Airmail Service:  Army pilots fly the mail

Washington DC-New York City NY- Philadelphia PA
Pilots:
Stephen Bonsal

Howard P Culver
Walter Miller
Torrey H Webb

George L Boyle
James C Edgerton

September 8, 1920 1st Regular Transcontinental Service:  Mail flies by day, transported by train at night

New York to San Francisco
pilots:

  1st Night Flight