FIRST -- Air Mail Flight, Baton Rouge LA
N 30° 27.375 W 091° 11.364
15R E 673838 N 3370735
A small green historic Parker near the Louisiana state capital preserves the history of the first airmail flight in the United States
Waymark Code: WMNE81
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 02/26/2015
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An older smaller double-sided historic marker near the Louisiana State Capitol grounds just a few dozen feet from the River Road relates the history of the first airmail flight which happened between New Orleans and Baton Rouge in 1912.
The marker reads as follows"
"First Air Mail Flight
The first official air mail flight between cities in the United States landed on the LSU athletic field April 10, 1912. After taking off from the City Park Race Course in New Orleans, aviator George Mestache flew a monoplane with a 32-pound pouch of letters bearing a special air mail cancellation to a temporary post office set up here."
FIRST - Classification Variable: Item or Event
Date of FIRST: 04/10/1912
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