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lurker-1969 t1_jc30kit wrote

Mail plane pilots used to fly open cockpit Biplanes up the river in the dark in bad weather at 200 feet above the river being guided by nothing more than burning oil drums acting as beacons.

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KyleWhy04 t1_jc5nlev wrote

I’d like to know more about this…

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lurker-1969 t1_jc5oor4 wrote

I'm a pilot and my thing is Vintage aircraft. My flying partner is the antique guy and introduced me to Addison Pemberton in Spokane. He has restored a 1928 Boeing 40C mail plane that they recovered in Oregon. Look him up. I am sure there is plenty of documented history. Look up National Postal Museum. Pemberton and Sons Aviation. As a person he is first rate.

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