Was placed on a trolley, itself placed on a ramp protruding the back of the steamer. Were undertaken from the deck of big passenger ships b y mounting a catapult to the deck, the liner could launch a flying boat. AllĮfforts went into the ship-to-shore technique to cut transit time, which was perfectedīy the French in 1927-1928. Schildhauer made noįurther attempts to drop mail to the ship.įormula, which was much too risky and difficult to master, was discontinued. Postal authorities had time to stamp each item with: “AIR MAIL FLIGHT FAILED TO The ship, making the flight unsuccessful. New York on its eastward voyage he could not locate USS Leviathan deck on 20 August 1927, 500 miles off In his flying boat PN-10, attempted to drop mail onto the June 1927, flew the maiden voyage on 31 July 1927. Chamberlin, the second pioneer to cross the Atlantic on 4 The first ship to installĪ flying mail service was the SS Leviathan in 1927 a special deck was installedĭiagonally across the bow of the ship and extended over the sea. In the USA, the United States Post Office conducted experiments with aircraftįlying mail to ships at sea in order to speed up delivery. On 25 November 1926, aviation pioneer Alan JohnĬobham had attempted a floatplane flight in a de Havilland DH.60 Moth carrying mail after being lowered from the deck of the RMS Homeric, when the ship was about 12 hours from New York harbour on a westboundĬrossing from Southampton his flight was unsuccessful One of the early experiments was done by the English with a shore-to-shipįormula. Mail carried from the SS Homeric on nearing New York, initialled To cut a day or two off the ship’s mail delivery time by launching a mail-filledĪircraft off the deck part way into the sea journey. The sea and flying in the air for the benefit of man's needs, as mail could be carried in the last leg by an airplane launchedįrom a ship while still at sea. Is an interesting story of man bringing together the knowledge learned from sailing Military advances was something that came to be called catapult mail. Among the ideas developed by commercial enterprises from the In the carriage of mail between Europe and the Americas. During the late 1920s, the need for greater speed across Atlantic was recognized
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