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@aircargohowitworks.bsky.socialall nations much closer together . . . London a scant few hours away . . . Airliners of 100 tons and more competing with surface ships for world-wide passenger, express and freight traffic. Great technical progress, born of war, makes such developments an inevitable reality.’
Show PostFor #AUGUST 1927 🧵👇 Cover of *Popular Science*, August 1927 Illustration by Herbert Paus (1880-1946), showing what looks like the 12-seater Fokker F-10 - often used from the late 20s for both passenger service and airmail - and looking ahead to the prospect of ➡️
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Show Post#OTD in 1920 Pilot William Cochran 'Wild Bill' Hopson (1887-1928), US Mail Service. Winter flying clothing. 'Wild Bill' Hopson was a popular early air mail pilot. He flew the mail for eight years before he died in a crash in 1928. 👇🧵 #blackandwhitephotography #aviation #airmail
Show Post‘Like most of the airmail pilots, "Wild Bill" often had one eye on the mail & another on his flying time. On September 18, 1920, Hopson flew out of Cleveland, Ohio at 2:10 pm. He noticed the wind was with him more than usual, & saw that he had a chance to make a speed record. ➡️
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