• The World's First Scheduled Airline
• The Post Office Begins Flying the Mail
• The Curtiss JN-4D Jenny
• Regularly Scheduled Air Mail Service Begins
• Air Mail Service Takes Root
• Flying the Mail at Night
• A Daring Demonstration
• How Did Air Mail Pilots Find Their Way?
  • Wild Bill
  • What Was It Like To Fly?
• Early Airlines
  • Who Flew?
• Early Aircraft Technology
  • Engine Technology: Water-Cooled Engines
• Airlines Take Over Carrying the Mail

Torrey Webb

Lt. Torrey Webb flew from New York to Philadelphia, where he transferred his mail to Lt. James Edgerton's waiting Jenny for the flight to Washington.

Image number A-33444-E
Credit: National Air and Space Museum Archives

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