Press Releases from AirMail100 Centennial Flights (2 total)
AIRMAIL 100 CENTENNIAL FLIGHTS PROJECT TO MAKE HISTORIC DONATIONS TO AMERICAN PH …
OMAHA, NE — February 22, 2021 will mark the 100th anniversary of the flight that “saved” the US Airmail. In a daring overnight flight through snow and fog, Omaha-based airmail pilot Jack Knight flew from North Platte, Nebraska to Chicago, Illinois, fulfilling a pledge by then Assistant Postmaster Otto Praeger to fly the mail at night, shortening the delivery time to mere hours instead of days.
It is on the…
Volunteer Pilots Successfully Complete 2,560 Mile Relay Commemorating Centennial …
Fourteen volunteer private pilots from across the country, flying a menagerie of general aviation aircraft, from a 72-year-old North American Navion, built by the same company that produced the famous WWII P-51 Mustang and B-25 bomber, to a sleek, fast Cessna 421 twin, completed a four-day air relay. Their mission: retrace the exact route flown 100 years ago - to the day - that carried the first 400 pounds…
