![Image of : Fleet, Reuben H. (Major); Boyle, George L.; Air Mail, Events, 1918, USA, Inauguration (May 15, 1918). [photograph]](https://airandspace.si.edu/sites/default/files/images/collection-objects/record-images/NASM-NASM-2A38840.jpg "Fleet, Reuben H. (Major); Boyle, George L.; Air Mail, Events, 1918, USA, Inauguration (May 15, 1918). [photograph]")
Display Status:
This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Collection Item Summary:
Major Reuben H. Fleet (left), pilot of the first regular air mail flight, and Lt. George L. Boyle (right) stand behind rear fuselage of Curtiss JN-4H mail plane (s/n 68262) reviewing a map of the flight route; Polo Grounds, Potomac Park, Washington, D.C., May 15, 1918. Three-quarter left rear view of aircraft, close-up.
Collection Item Long Description:
Topic
- Aeronautics
- Airplanes
- Air pilots
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum Archives
Restrictions & Rights
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photographer
Harris & Ewing
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Date
May 15, 1918
Repository Loc.
National Air and Space Museum, Archives Division, MRC 322, Washington, DC, 20560
Type
Photographs
Local number
NASM-00138840
