The Curtiss “Jenny” JN-4 biplane, America’s most famous World War I aircraft used by the Army Air Service. The Post Office Department began using them on May 15, 1918. The front seat was removed in order to carry mail bags. The airplane also became the mainstay of the "Barnstormer" of the 1920s.

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