THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
AMERICAN ECONOMY IN THE 1920S
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Crop dusting
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Airmail service
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Passenger travel
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Weather forecasting
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Detailed explanation-1: -Airmail service developed after the Wright brothers ’ first flight at Kill Devil Hill in 1903, as aviators began to anticipate airplanes’ practical uses, such as carrying mail. The first official airmail was flown from North Carolina on 2 Jan. 1911.
Detailed explanation-2: -The first airmail flight operated by the U.S. Post Office Department with a civilian flight crew took off from College Park, MD, on August 12, 1918, with pilots Max Miller, Edward Gardner, Robert Shank, and Maurice Newton taking turns at the controls of a new, purpose-built Curtiss R-4 airplane.
Detailed explanation-3: -Wright Flyer II (1904) By 1905, they had developed their third machine, the Flyer III, with which they flew on a regular and sustained basis; the Flyer III proved to be the first truly practical airplane.
Detailed explanation-4: -The first airmail service established officially by an airline occurred in Colombia, South America, on 19 October 1920. Scadta, the first airline of the country, flew landing river by river delivering mail in its destinations.