On this day in 1924, Carl Eielson flew the first airmail between Fairbanks and McGrath, Alaska, with an Airco DH.4 in just 3 hours. This trip was usually performed with dog-sleds and took up to 30 days. A year later, President Coolidge would sign the 'Kelly Act', the starting point of development of regular airmail for the US Post Office, and the DH.4 would become its workhorse

#aviationhistory , #onthisdauinaviationhistory , #onthisdayinaviation , #onthisdayinaviationhistory , #otd , #otd #aviationhistory #onthisdayinaviationhistory , 2013 , Airco , De Havilland , DH.4 , Evergreen Air Museum , McMinnville , Oregon , USA

Belichtings-tijd	1/640 s
ApertureFNumber	f/4.0
ISO	1250
Model	Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens	EF17-40mm f/4L USM
Brandpunt-afstand	24 mm
Datum en Tijd van origineel	2013:07:08 10:40:31

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Robin MORET

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maandag 8 juli 2013

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maandag 6 september 2021

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#aviationhistory, #onthisdauinaviationhistory, #onthisdayinaviation, #onthisdayinaviationhistory, #otd, #otd #aviationhistory #onthisdayinaviationhistory, 2013, Airco, De Havilland, DH.4, Evergreen Air Museum, McMinnville, Oregon, USA

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