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The world's first airplane mail operated as a continuously scheduled public service began from this field on May 15, 1918. The route connected Washington, Philadelphia and New York. Curtiss JN 4-H airplanes, carrying up to 150 pounds of mail, flew the 230 miles in about three hours. The service was inaugurated by the Post Office Department in cooperation with the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps of the U. S. Army. On August 12, 1918, the Post Office Department took over the service in its entirety.
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Arlington, Virginia · United States
