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NC489W —
A historic moment at Carson City Airport (KCXP) in Nevada yesterday when five Stearman Aircraft Model 4 Speedmails held a "reunion."
From left ....
NC485W, a Stearman Model 4DM Senior painted in its original American Airways colors; NC663K (back row-left side), a Stearman Model 4E Junior painted in National Air Tour colors; NC489W (center front), a Stearman Model 4 Junior painted in Standard Oil Company colors of 1929; NC791H (back row-right side), a Stearman Model 4E Junior painted in Standard Oil Company's 1929 colors; and NC663K, a Stearman Model 4E Junior painted in Richfield Oil Company colors.
SPECIAL NOTE - These aircraft are enroute to San Diego where they will begin a reenactment of the first government airmail flight in America which took place on May 15, 1918. For five days beginning on May 13th, they will be flying United States mail from San Diego to Seattle. They will make several stops along the way.
For info about this reenactment flight, click on the link below ...
https://www.cam8in2018.com/2018-scheduled-route
For more info about the Stearman Model 4 Speedmails, click on the two links below ...
http://www.opencockpit.net/spedmail.html
https://wikivisually.com/wiki/Stearman_4
Comments
Plus 5 BIG RADIALs x5 stars each!!!!!!!
The Post Office in the United States used unique mail sacks for dispatching Air Mail too. These were bright orange in hue and constructed from a nylon type fabric. Air Mail always received priority and special handling!
Air Mail contracts were a coveted prize for the domestic airlines in the U.S. and a lucrative source of income for the same.
AKA; who remembers Wiley Post, charles chennault and the avg or Greg "pappy" Boyington?
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