75th Anniversary Today - July 6. 1939

[John Craparo]

Today is the anniversary of the inaugural flight of the US Postal Service's Experimental Air Mail route (EAM2001). So what? This was the beginning of a one year service between the roof of the Philadelphia Post Office and the Camden, NJ airport. The late Johnny Miller was the pilot (he passed away a few years ago at 102 years old and can be seen in the EAA Timeless Voices portal). It was the first Rotary Wing service in the USA. His aircraft was a Kellett KD-1B Autogiro.

I do no believe this anniversary is being recognized by the post office or other groups. The July 2014 issue of Powered Sport Flying Magazine features an article and interesting ephemera about the flights.

Thanks,
John

[Zack Baughman]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBVPG0XLbv0

[Hal Bryan]

Today is the anniversary of the inaugural flight of the US Postal Service's Experimental Air Mail route (EAM2001). So what? This was the beginning of a one year service between the roof of the Philadelphia Post Office and the Camden, NJ airport. The late Johnny Miller was the pilot (he passed away a few years ago at 102 years old and can be seen in the EAA Timeless Voices portal). It was the first Rotary Wing service in the USA. His aircraft was a Kellett KD-1B Autogiro.

I do no believe this anniversary is being recognized by the post office or other groups. The July 2014 issue of Powered Sport Flying Magazine features an article and interesting ephemera about the flights.

Thanks,
John

I have a sealed letter from that flight in my collection of miscellaneous goodies at home - thanks for pointing out the anniversary, John!