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AIRMAIL. The first airmail in Dubuque landed at the Dubuque [[AIRPORT]] on Tuesday, September 26, 1950 at 9:13 a.m. aboard a Mid-Continent plane. Meeting the cargo was Edward T. Freeman, assistant general superintendent of the Air Mail service in Chicago; Edward Hoffman, Dubuque superintendent of mails; and Ray Briggs, assistant postmaster. | [[Image:mailcover.jpg|left|thumb|150px|U.S. Air Mail First Flight Cover.]]AIRMAIL. The first airmail in Dubuque landed at the Dubuque [[AIRPORT]] on Tuesday, September 26, 1950 at 9:13 a.m. aboard a Mid-Continent plane. Meeting the cargo was Edward T. Freeman, assistant general superintendent of the Air Mail service in Chicago; Edward Hoffman, Dubuque superintendent of mails; and Ray Briggs, assistant postmaster. | ||
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Revision as of 01:32, 28 May 2009
AIRMAIL. The first airmail in Dubuque landed at the Dubuque AIRPORT on Tuesday, September 26, 1950 at 9:13 a.m. aboard a Mid-Continent plane. Meeting the cargo was Edward T. Freeman, assistant general superintendent of the Air Mail service in Chicago; Edward Hoffman, Dubuque superintendent of mails; and Ray Briggs, assistant postmaster.