The first official airmail flight in the US
The first official airmail flight in the US with pilot Earle Lewis Ovington in a Bleriot XI airplane. On Sept. 23, 1911, Postmaster General Frank Hitchcock hands the secured air mail bag to the pilot during the Nassau Boulevard Aerodrome International Aviation Meet, Garden City, Long Island, New York
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13122331
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Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
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Courtesy Everett Collection
