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Looking back at National Airmail Week in 1938

Take a look at the events of National Airmail Week back in 1938, when airmail was only 20 years old.

https://stamporama.com/articles/display_article.php?id=RAbK0s3pGc8SQ

Cibola County (NM) Airway Heritage Museum

Have you seen what the Cibola County Historical Society did down in New Mexico? They had to move the arrow to their site, but they’ve done a wonderful job of restoration. It is our goal to create a tour and museum for aviation heritage in Idaho.

http://www.cibolahistory.org/airway-heritage-museum.html

Concrete Arrows and the US Airmail Beacon System

This is a really good article on the system and it even includes information on Idaho!

Concrete Arrows and the U.S. Airmail Beacon System

Pilot Leon Cuddeback recalls United’s first flight

Did you know that United Airlines’ first flight included Boise, Idaho, on the itinerary? On the morning of April 6, 1926 — a day that would become a monumental part of United’s history — pilot Leon Cuddeback flew from Pasco, Washington, to Boise, Idaho, in a Swallow aircraft.

United Airlines first flight went through Boise, Idaho.

50 years later in 1976, Cuddeback recounted his experience from that day.

Source: https://hub.united.com/pilot-leon-cuddeback-recalls-uniteds-first-flight-1710263940.html

Idaho Stops on the Salt Lake-Great Falls Airway (1931)

Salt Lake-Great Falls Airway (1931), includes stops along the Salt Lake-Pocatello section and Pocatello-Great Falls section. The installation at Dubois still includes a generator shed (newly painted, with the route and stop number on the roof), operating beacon, and a concrete arrow that has been repainted bright yellow. The type of arrow at Dubois was later replaced by metal arrows. The site at Monida has an operating beacon and a newly restored generator shed.

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Celebrate 100th Anniversary of U.S. Airmail System

Join us at Dubois Airport on Saturday, May 19, 2018, starting at 7:45am for a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the U.S. airmail system and to recognize the importance of Dubois to the history of airmail in Idaho.

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