Information Gets Wings (2)

Posted on February 18, 2012 by GilPress

Letter flown on February 18, 1911 in India

Today in 1911, French pilot Henry Pequet, representing the Humber Motor Company of England at the Industrial and Agricultural Exhibition in Allahabad, India, carried over 6,000 cards and letters on his Sommer biplane a distance of 13 km (8.1 miles) from Allahabad to Naini, India.

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