Philadelphia (PHL), Pennsylvania, 1918
Mail being transferred in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to a New York bound plane.
Mail Plane Operator, 1923
The scene is circa 1923 as a possible future air mail pilot watches an Airway Radio Station operator on the wing help load the mail in the front cockpit of a DH-4.
Western Air Express, Douglas M-2 cam-4-1
Year unknown
Submitted by Darla Shelden
Miss Oklahoma City Mail Plane (about 1926)
The photo, taken from a family album, contained the following handwritten caption:
“Miss Oklahoma City, the first airplane to carry mail from California.” Note: The first airmail plane carried 314 pounds of airmail out of Oklahoma City, OK but the aircraft name is unknown.
Salt Lake City Air Mail Service, Utah, April 17, 1926
This was the first airmail transferred from Air Mail Service to Western Air Express
Maurice F. Graham
Hornet Hill Monument
Monument dedicated to Captain Maurice Francis Graham, an airmail pilot, who on January 10, 1930, departed Los Angeles, California for Salt Lake City, Utah. He was forced to safely land his Boeing 95 aircraft during a blinding snow storm on top of a 9,500 foot mountain called Hornet Hill. Sadly, Maurice died of exposure in an attempt to walk out. His body wasn’t found until July 1930.
Location: about 12 miles SE of Cedar City, Utah (37° 29.367′ N, 113° 1.17′ W)
Early Mail Plane
