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Old December 9th 05, 09:05 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Obviously a 1920's mail pilot in a time warp.

Yep, Jack Knight would have thought that this weather was no big deal.
And he did it in an open cockpit!

In fact, this February marks the 85th anniversary of his epic flight
through Iowa City. This flight was truly the birth of
transcontinental air mail service, which was the impetus for all
transcontinental commercial passenger service.

Read the story he
http://www.alexisparkinn.com/the_iowa_city_airport.htm We're trying
to get a historic marker put up at our airport to commemorate the
flight.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com

 




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