"Major Fleet explains the use of the aerial map to Lieut. George L. Boyle during the first Aerial Mail Service between New York City and Washington, DC on May 15, 1918. Major Fleet piloted the first regular mail plane, completing the trip from Bustleton Field, Philadelphia to Washington, in one hour and fifty-five minutes."

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