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        The Postmaster of South Amboy NJ established a postal sub-station for the experiment of flying postal mail by hydroplane. On July 4, 1912 aviator Oliver G Simmons flew a Wright-Burgess hydro-aeroplane across the Raritan River from South Amboy NJ about two miles to the post office at Perth Amboy where the mail pouch was dropped from the plane. The mail was then retrieved and brought to the post office. This flight experiment was sponsored by the South Amboy Business Men's Association.
        Postmaster Bridgeman of Ridgewood NJ established a postal sub-station at the Hohokus Race Track (aka Hohokus Speedway, later Bergen County Park) Hohokus NJ. The Speedway had been originally built as a horse trotting track, later converted to an auto speedway in 1912. French aviator Francis Durafour was to fly a pouch of mail from the Hohokus Speedway to Ridgewood NJ on August 3, 1912. When Durafour lost his way flying from Hackensach to Hohokus, Joseph Richter was substituted to make the 1.5 mile flight. Richter landed at the YMCA field in Ridgewood NJ where he passed the mail over to postal authorities for transmittal to the post office.
        Postmaster EM Sutton of Ocean City NJ and the Postmaster of Stone Harbor NJ established postal sub-stations at each location (August 3-10, 1912). Aviator Marshall Earle Reid converted his Wright aeroplane into a hydro-aeroplane for flying between these two locations as most of the flight would be over water. He flew between the Hotel Normandie in Ocean City and the Yachtman's Club in Stone Harbor. His twenty mile daily flights carried both mail and passengers. His original authorization for making flights between August 3rd and 10th except Sunday was such a success that it was extended to September 5th.
        Postmaster EH Bird established a postal sub-station at the Plainfield Driving Park Plainfield NJ (August 23-24, 1912). Aviator Lincoln Beachey flew from the driving park about one mile to a point close to the South Plainfield post office where the mail pouch was dropped from the plane. The mail was then retrieved and brought to the post office.

More NJ Aviation History

		Andover	Aeroflex-Andover Airport
		Andover	Trinca Airport
P-024	430424	Atlantic City	US Naval Air Station		$9.00
		Atlantic City	Atlantic City International Airport
E-150	321023	Basking Ridge	Somerset Hills Airport		$3.00
S-066	460616	Belmar	Belmar Airport		$12.00
		Belmar	Monmouth Executive Airport
		Berlin	Camden County Airport
R-016	450520	Blairstown	Lake Susquehanna Airport Blairstown Airport		$23.00
		Bridgeton	Bucks Airport
		Bridgeton	Li Calzi Airport
F-109	330729	Brielle	Shore Airport		$6.00
C-545	301026	Caldwell	Curtiss Essex Airport		$12.00
B-375	290921	Camden	Central Airport		$3.00
S-077	460629	Camden	Central Airport		$38.00
B-180	290704	Cape May	Cape May Airport		$3.00
V-038	490515	Cape May	Municipal Airport	97W34 97S34	$3.00 $4.50
M-051	400524	Carlstadt	Sky Harbor Marine & Seaplane Base		$45.00
M-091	400721	Carlstadt	Sky Harbor Marine & Seaplane Base		$38.00
		Cross Keys	Cross Keys Airport
AV-005	730207	East Brunswick	NJ Turnpike Authority Heliport		$6.00
V-186	490917	Fort Dix	McGuire AFB		$30.00
		Hackettstown	Hackettstown Airport
		Hammonton	Municipal Airport
I-024	360517	Hanover	Hanover Airport		$23.00
I-025	360518	Hanover	Hanover Airport		$23.00
C-345	300713	Jersey City	Jersey City Airport		$12.00
F-122	330829	Jersey City	Metropolitan Seaplane Base		$12.00
H-040	350427	Jersey City	Jersey City Airport		$6.00
		Jobstown	Redwing Airport
		Lakewood	Lakewood Airport
		Lincoln Park	Lincoln Park Airport
		Linden	Linden Airport
		Little Ferry	Little Ferry Seaplane Base
AG-090	601008	Lumberton	Cameron Field		$12.00
		Lumberton	Flying W Airport
		Manville	Central Jersey Regional Airport
AH-023	610507	Marlton	Aero-Haven Airport		$12.00
N-125	410802	Millville	National Defense Airport		$9.00
		Millville	Municipal Airport
		Millville	Holy City Heliport
A-189	281013	Moorestown	Moorestown Airport		$4.50
A-190	281014	Moorestown	Moorestown Airport		$6.00
Q-028	441112	Morristown	CAP Airport		$7.50
		Morristown	Municipal Airport
S-223	460929	Mount Holly	Municipal Airport		$26.25
		Mount Holly	South Jersey Regional Airport
N-122	410731	Neptune	Schlossbach Field		$12.00
AM-071	650728	Neptune	Fitkin Memorial Hospital Heliport		$23.00
10	180913	Newark	Newark Aviation Field		$150.00
B-020	290217	Newark	Newark Metropolitan Airport		$4.50
I-082	361001	Newark	Seaplane Airport		$12.00
N-155	410914	Newark	Newark Airport		$6.00
S-015	460203	Newark	Floyd Bennett Airport		$26.25
AV-038	730912	Newark	Newark Liberty International Airport		$30.00
		Newton	Newton Airport
J-074	370807	Ocean City	Municipal Airport
		Old Bridge	Old Bridge Airport
AG-040	600623	Paterson	Municipal Heliport		$7.50
		Pedricktown	Spitfire Aerodrome
		Pittstown	Sky Manor Airport
		Pittstown	Alexandria Airport
S-098	460714	Princeton	Princeton Airport		$26.25
AM-030	650522	Princeton	Princeton Airport		$9.00
		Readington	Solberg-Hunterdon Airport
		Robbinsville	Trenton-Robbinsville Airport
AN-095	660916	Salem	Menges Heliport Salem County Memorial Hospital Heliport		$12.00
		Somerville	Somerset Airport
		Sussex	Sussex Airport
		Teterboro	Teterboro Airport
AP-132	680907	Toms River	Ocean County Airpark		$4.50
AP-133	680908	Toms River	Robert J Miller Air Park		$7.50
B-450	291026	Trenton	Mercer Airport		$3.00
P-063	430727	Trenton	US Naval Air Station		$38.00
		Vincentown	Red Lion Airport
		Vineland	Kroelinger Airport
		Vineland	Vineland-Downstown Airport
		West Creek	Eagles Nest Airport
AG-050	600723	West Milford	Greenwood Lake Airport		$45.00
N-114	410720	Whitehouse	Solberg-Hunterdon Airport		$9.00
V-037	490515	Wildwood	Municipal Airport	97W35 97S35	$3.00 $4.50
		Wildwood	Cape May County Airport
		Williamson	Southern Cross Airport
		Woodbine	Municipal Airport
V-185	490917	Wrightstown	McGuire AFB		$12.00

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