100 years ago: the first Transcontinental Air Mail flight
Sept 7, 2020 12:34:18 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2020 12:34:18 GMT -5
Scheduled Transcontinental Air Mail service flown between New York (Hazelhurst Field, L.I.) and San Francisco (Marina Field) began exactly hundred years before, on September 8, 1920. The route laid out by Eddie Rickenbacker who had helped pilot the first experimental through flight carrying about 100 letters which landed at Durant Field located in East Oakland.
The transcontinental mails were originally flown only during daylight hours while being entrained at night. In addition to New York and San Francisco, the route included thirteen intermediate stops where mails were exchanged and aircrew relieved. This was accomplished at the airfields
Bellefonte (PA)
Cleveland (OH)
Bryan, (OH)
Chicago (IL)
Iowa City (IA)
Omaha (NE),
North Platte (NE)
Cheyenne (WY)
Rawlins (WY)
Rock Springs (WY)
Salt Lake City (UT)
Elko (NV)
Reno (NV)
The screenshots primarly depict the enhanced airfields, whereas the others are limited to simple strips.
The Curtiss Jenny DH-4 U.S. Air Mail leaves Hazelhurst Field (aka Roosevelt Field), Long Island,
flying over the Appalachian Mountains
and lands at Bellfonte.
After having reached Cleveland,
the Jenny lands at Checkerboard Airfield in Chicago Maywood, long before Gray and Midway Airports.
A further stop at Ohama (a very detailed GW3 scenery)
as well as at North Platte,
Salt Lake City,
Elko,
Reno,
and finally reaches San Francisco Bay.
While flying over Golden Gate Bridge,
an other Curtiss Jenny flies under the bridge - as AI, what else?
At last it lands at Marina Airfield, just nearby Crissy Field.
Bernard
The transcontinental mails were originally flown only during daylight hours while being entrained at night. In addition to New York and San Francisco, the route included thirteen intermediate stops where mails were exchanged and aircrew relieved. This was accomplished at the airfields
Bellefonte (PA)
Cleveland (OH)
Bryan, (OH)
Chicago (IL)
Iowa City (IA)
Omaha (NE),
North Platte (NE)
Cheyenne (WY)
Rawlins (WY)
Rock Springs (WY)
Salt Lake City (UT)
Elko (NV)
Reno (NV)
The screenshots primarly depict the enhanced airfields, whereas the others are limited to simple strips.
The Curtiss Jenny DH-4 U.S. Air Mail leaves Hazelhurst Field (aka Roosevelt Field), Long Island,
flying over the Appalachian Mountains
and lands at Bellfonte.
After having reached Cleveland,
the Jenny lands at Checkerboard Airfield in Chicago Maywood, long before Gray and Midway Airports.
A further stop at Ohama (a very detailed GW3 scenery)
as well as at North Platte,
Salt Lake City,
Elko,
Reno,
and finally reaches San Francisco Bay.
While flying over Golden Gate Bridge,
an other Curtiss Jenny flies under the bridge - as AI, what else?
At last it lands at Marina Airfield, just nearby Crissy Field.
Bernard
