• Side view of wooden and metal monoplane. Under the left wing, the plane is marked as owned by the "U.S. Mail".
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    Earle Ovington flew a Queen airplane on his brief air mail flight in 1911. The Queen was based on the popular Blériot monoplane design.

  • Side view of wooden and metal monoplane. Under the left wing, the plane is marked as owned by the "U.S. Mail".

Created:

1911

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SI-73-2252

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National Air and Space Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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