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’ ...
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 ...
On this day in aviation history, 84 years ago (November 30, 1941), airmail was flown via jet aircraft for the first time. The Caproni Campini N.1, an Italian experimental jet aircraft which first flew ...