Posted on Sep 23, 2016
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Earle Lewis Ovington (December 20, 1879 – July 21, 1936) was an American aeronautical engineer, aviator and inventor, and served as a lab assistant to Thomas Edison. Ovington piloted the first official airmail flight in the United States in a Blériot XI on September 23, 1911.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earle_Ovington
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SGT John " Mac " McConnell I remember when we used to pay extra for "air mail", thanks for sharing about the origins of the air mail delivery.
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