Image: The photograph shows Major Fleet and his wife with a bouquet of flowers. This image depicts 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 to Washington, , arriving at the Potomac Field hangar at 10:35 The flight took one hour and fifty-five minutes.

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