What made the U.S. Post Office Department decide to start its airmail service so early, before air travel was even common? Frances Dreyfus | Buffalo, New York The Postal Service formally introduced ...

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’ ...

September 8, 1920 - Daytime airmail service began in the United States on Sept. 8, 1920. The first shipment from the east was flown into Omaha by pilot James Murray. During the early development of ...

Click to open image viewer. This is a badge issued by the Post Office Department’s airmail service office. Badges were issued to pilots, mechanics and officials who worked at postal airfields across ...

Brave aviation pioneers pushed the boundaries of flight in Wyoming skies. The brave pilots who flew mail for the US airmail service in the 1920s were responsible for many major innovations in aviation ...

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 ...