On Nov. 7, 1910, 24-year old Philip Parmalee took off from Huffman Prairie airfield, a glorified cow pasture in Ohio, in a Wright Model B aircraft. Sixty-six minutes later, he landed at a flag-marked racetrack in Columbus, successfully delivering 100 pounds of silk ribbon, and completing the first commercial air cargo delivery. Experimental airmail delivery […]
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