Air Mail Service Began:
July 17, 1923
Air Mail Service Ended:
August 31, 1927
Total Hours Flown:
1479.10
Total Miles Flown:
147,885
Assignment:
Maywood, Illinois
September 1, 1926 – Cleveland, Ohio
September 1, 1926 – Cleveland, Ohio
- Courtesy of the Air Mail Pioneers
Frank Burnside fell in love with flying in 1910, when he first caught sight of an airplane at a county fair. He was a test pilot, flight instructor and barnstormer as well as an airmail pilot.
Forced landing report Burnside made of a September 19, 1926 landing.
- Courtesy of the National Archives & Records Administration
