AERIAL MAIL SERVICE
NOTABLE AJIEB-ICAN EECOBD. The United States Post Office Department has issued a remarkable report on the progress of the epoch-making Cloudland Mail:— ' During August tho .Air Mail Service, between Washington, Philadelphia, and New York was conducted without a miss, hitch, or (Serious delay of any character. There wero 27 flying days, on which 108 stages of the journey had to be performed, and there were but two' forced landings, one with a delay of seven minutes and tho other with a delay of less than ten minutes. Tho total possible milM of flight was U.Sfil, of which 11,957 miles were completed. A total of 5G79 pounds of mail was carried on tho trips. 'A most rigid mechanical maintenance system on all fields was maintained, with tho result that the month closed without: a singlo aeroplane of tho 15 being laid up in the shop for repairs-
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 80, 30 December 1918, Page 8
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149AERIAL MAIL SERVICE Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 80, 30 December 1918, Page 8
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