NEW JERSEY’S PIONEER AIR MAIL FLIGHTS
By Robert G. Rose
Within a decade of the Wright Brothers first flight of an airplane at Kitty Hawk in 1903, aviation advanced quickly. Beginning in 1910, mail was authorized to be carried on flights at aviation meets, exhibitions and demonstrations. In 1911, Congress appropriated $50,000 in order to officially sanction a series of aerial mail trials. By 1912, the Post Office had authorized 31 flights for short-haul experimental air mail delivery in 16 different states…
