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This website is dedicated to the men and women of the U.S. Air Mail Service, a little-remembered organization that laid the foundation for commercial aviation worldwide. With the cooperation of the U.S. Air Service, the U.S. Post Office flew the mail from 1918 until 1927.

Air Mail Service pilots are the unsung heroes of early aviation. In their frail Curtiss Jennies and postwar de Havillands, they battled wind, snow, and sleet to pioneer round-the-clock airmail service along the world's longest air route, the U.S. transcontinental. In the process, thirty-four pilots lost their lives.

Through profiles, photographs and historical articles, this Internet website brings to life the human drama of those early days in aviation's infancy. Something amazing from Smithsonian, not to miss. 90th anniversary of U. S. Air Mail Service

History Index - milestones, inaugurals Air Mail Pilots - pilots, fatalities, profiles, photos Photo Gallery - from  "Saga of Air Mail Service" Flight Info - maps, flight routes, directions   Antique -  photos -IDs, history Barnstormer  Lt. Col. Harrison Covington USAF-Ret airports, museums      Airway beacons Aviation history-David Rhea

Members - Air Mail Pioneers Newsletter - semiannual and ancient Museums - contact info Collectors - memorabilia Links -  aviation history websites Questions - information seekers Pilot Archives - CAM first flights Col. H.Weir Cook, WWI & II, pioneer aviation/airmail project

July 28,2010