First US Air Mail Delivery
—May 15, 1918 —
The first regularly scheduled US Post Office Air Mail delivery took place here, mid-point of the New York-Philadelphia-Washington Air Mail Route. On May 15, 1918, US Army Lt Torrey Webb, in a Curtiss "Jenny" biplane, left New York at 11:45 am, landing at Bustleton Field at 1:00 pm. Thru mail was transferred to Lt James Edgerton's plane, which took off at 1:15 pm, arriving Washington at 2:50 pm. Busleton Field was the chief US Air Mail maintenance and repair depot from 1918 to 1921.| HM Number | HM2FMA |
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| Year Placed | 2018 |
| Placed By | Friends of Northeast Philadelphia History |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Sunday, April 14th, 2019 at 8:01pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18T E 498442 N 4438523 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 40.09700000, -75.01826667 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 40° 5.82', W 75° 1.096' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 40° 5' 49.2" N, 75° 1' 5.76" W |
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| Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling East |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near , , |
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