The world's first official airmail flight took place in 1911. Where?
The world's first official airmail flight was on February 18, 1911 in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India.
The world's first scheduled airmail post service took place on September 9, 1911 between Hendon and Windsor (UK).
The first official experiment at flying Air Mail to be made under the aegis of the US Post Office Department took place on September 23, 1911.
More Info:
www.telegraph.co.uk
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17 Comments
Elsy O. Stromberg
Michael Baker, Look it up- it's true!
Elsy O. Stromberg
Interesting- did not know that!
George Oliver Prince
Doubt I'd want to be on board
Cheryl McMeekin
Had no idea
Thomas Begeng
This question should have been more specific and said "by plane" the first official mail delivered by air was in the USA in 1859 by hot air balloon. A balloon flight is still a flight.
John McLardie
Rob Farr, so did I
David Robert Gordon Williamson
Weird questions today.
Michael Baker
I dispute the answer
Rob Farr
I picked the most unlikely ...
John William Waddell
Wrong. That was the first FIXED WIng Airmail flight. Mail was delivered by air in the 1800's in several countries.
filmnut
I knew that when I was12yrs old.
Johnny Rock
I wonder what the price of a stamp was?
Joseph A. Robitaille
Another wrong answer for me. I figured it was the U.S..
Margaret O'Neill
One of these mornings and I got all the answers correct... :-)
Gery Tillmanns
Interesting results! Yes