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Airmail in America

  • Some Early Pilots
    • Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart
    • Eddie Gardner and Max Miller
    • The Suicide Club
    • Jack Knight
  • The Airplanes
    • The Wiseman-Cooke
    • Curtiss JN-4H Jenny
    • de Havilland DH-4
    • Stinson Reliant and the Mail Pick-Up Service
    • The Ford Trimotor and Douglas M-2 Mail Planes
    • Romance of the Clippers
    • The DC3s
  • US Aerial Mail Service 1918–1926
    • The 1918 Flights
    • Transcontinental Service
  • Building the Commercial Aviation Network
    • The Airmail Scandal and Beyond
  • Acknowledgements
  • Exhibition Outline

Airmail in America

  • Some Early Pilots
    • Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart
    • Eddie Gardner and Max Miller
    • The Suicide Club
    • Jack Knight
  • The Airplanes
    • The Wiseman-Cooke
    • Curtiss JN-4H Jenny
    • de Havilland DH-4
    • Stinson Reliant and the Mail Pick-Up Service
    • The Ford Trimotor and Douglas M-2 Mail Planes
    • Romance of the Clippers
    • The DC3s
  • US Aerial Mail Service 1918–1926
    • The 1918 Flights
    • Transcontinental Service
  • Building the Commercial Aviation Network
    • The Airmail Scandal and Beyond
  • Acknowledgements
  • Exhibition Outline
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10:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
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Admission is always free!

2 Massachusetts Ave., N.E.
Washington, DC 20002

street map of Postal museum

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