Major R. H. Fleet answering a question about the aerial map during the first aerial mail service between New York City and Washington, , which began on May 15, 1918. Major Fleet piloted the first regular mail plane, making the trip from Bustleton Field, Philadelphia, to Washington, in one hour and fifty-five minutes.

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