Bad weather on January 1st prevented the flight from taking place. The next day the weather cleared and pilot, Walter Brookins flew his Wright-Breguet aeroplane carrying a mailbag with approximately 1,600 pieces of mail (canceled on Januaury 1, 1912) over a distance of three miles. The mailbag was dropped by Brookins over Winter Park and was then retrieved by a postal clerk transporting it the post office by automobile for further dispatch in the postal system. Wilmington Postmaster, Thomas E Wallace authorized the establishment of a postal sub-station at Highwood Park Race Track and this aerial transport of mail.

P-0014

120102

Highwood Park-Local

Walter Brookins

$1,050.00

DOMINGUEZ FIELD AVIATION MEET        Los Angeles CA

Postmaster William H Harrison established a postal sub-station on the grounds of Dominguez Field LA. Aviator Glenn L Martin flew from Domingez Field about four miles to Compton CA where he dropped the mail from the plane. The mail was then retrieved and driven by car to the post office. Additional pilots other than Glenn Martin that flew the mail during this international air meet included Clifford Turpin and Charles Willard.

P-0015	120120, 23, 24 & 28	Dominguez Field-Comptom CA	Type 1 Postmark	Glenn L Martin Clifford Turpin Charles F Willard	$190.00
P-0015a	120121, 22, 23 & 28	Dominguez Field-Comptom CA	Type 2 Postmark		$190.00
P-0015b	120125, 26, 27 & 28	Dominguez Field-Comptom CA	Type 3 Postmark		$190.00

Error with Time instead of Year on 3rd line

P-0015c

120120 - 120128

Dominguez Field-Comptom CA

Error Postmark

$450.00

OAKLAND AVIATION MEET        Oakland CA

Postmaster Schaeffer established a postal sub-station at the Emeryville Race Track Oakland CA Aviator Farnum Fish flew from Emeryville to 17th Street and Broadway where he dropped the mail from the plane. The mail was then retrieved and driven by car to the post office. This aviation meet was sponsored by the Pacific Aero Club and was dedicated to aviator, Eugene Ely who had lost his life in a plane crash four months earlier in Macon GA.

P-0016	120217	Emeryville Race Track-Local		Farnum T Fish	$413.00
P-0016a	120218	Emeryville Race Track-Local		Farnum T Fish	$450.00
P-0016b	120222	Emeryville Race Track-Local		Farnum T Fish	$450.00
P-0016c	120223	Emeryville Race Track-Local		Farnum T Fish	$525.00
P-0016d	120224	Emeryville Race Track-Local		Farnum T Fish	$450.00
P-0016e	120225	Emeryville Race Track-Local		Farnum T Fish	$450.00

AGRICULTURAL PARK AVIATION MEET        Sacramento CA

Postmaster RH Richardson established a postal sub-station on the grounds of the Agricultural Park Sacramento CA. Aviator Phil Parmalee flew from this Park about a mile to Oak Park where he dropped the mail from the plane. The mail was then retrieved and driven by car to the post office. Glenn Martin repeated this feat the next day.

P-0017	120302	Agricultural Park-Oak Park		Phil O Parmalee	$750.00
P-0017a	120303	Agricultural Park-Oak Park		Glenn L Martin	$750.00

ARKANSAS AVIATION MEET        Hot Springs AR

During the seven day aviation meet held at the Oaklawn Park Race Track Hot Springs AR aviators Jimmy Ward, Nels Nelson and Keane Keane carried some mail during their exhibition flights.

P-0018	120313	Oaklawn Park Race Track-Local		James J Ward Nels J Nelson Keane B Keane	$3,000.00
P-0018a	120315	Oaklawn Park Race Track-Local			$3,000.00

NATIONAL SCHOOL of AVIATION MEET        Galveston TX

Postmaster HA Griffin established a postal sub-station adjacent to the National Aeroplane Company facilities in Galveston TX. In early 1912 the National Aeroplane Company of Chicago located in Cicero IL opened a new facility in Galveston TX. It provided flight instruction and schooling in many aspects of the emerging aviation industry. Paul Studensky was their instructor and test pilot and Lester V Bratton was in charge of aeroplane construction and repair.
Aviator, Studensky in a Curtiss type biplane flew from the National facility in Galveston about 15 miles to Virginia Point LaMarque TX where he made a landing. He delivered a pouch of mail to the waiting postmaster who presented him with a receipt for the pouched mail. Studensky took off and returned to Galveston. This aviation meet was sponsored by the Galveston Chamber of Commerce.

P-0019

120317

Galveston TX-LaMarque TX

Paul Studensky

$450.00

DEMONSTRATION FLIGHT        Houston TX

Fred DeKor in front of his plane (circa 1916)

Following the publicity of the Studensky flight of March 17th, aviator Fred DeKor (aka Fred Korstad) planned a flight from Houston to Galveston TX. Bad weather forced DeKor to reschedule and finally to terminate his flight attempt. Mail that was intended to be carried on this demonstration flight was finally sent via surface transport on April 10, 1912.

P-0020	120410	Houston TX-Galveston TX	March 24 Cachet	Fred DeKor	$4,500.00
P-0020a	120410	Houston TX-Galveston TX	March 31 Cachet	Fred DeKor	$4,500.00

CORONADO POLO GROUNDS AVIATION MEET        San Diego CA        Land & Hydroplane Relay

Lt John Towers in his hydro-plane

Postmaster CH Bartholomew established a postal sub-station at the Coronado Polo Grounds San Diego CA. Aviator Farnum Fish flew from the Polo Grounds to the nearby beach where he dropped one of the mail pouches from the plane. The mail was then retrieved and passed on to Lt John H Towers who was waiting in his hydro-plane. Towers accepted the mail pouch and flew it to Point Loma CA.
Fish flew the second mail pouch across the bay and dropped it to postal people waiting at the Coronado field who took it to the post office for further processing.

P-0021	120406	Coronado Polo Grounds-Point Loma CA		Farnum T Fish & Lt John H Towers	$750.00
P-0021a	120407	Point Loma CA-Coronado Polo Grounds		Lt John H Towers & Farnum T Fish	$750.00

FIRST CITY-to-CITY EXPERIMENTAL FLIGHT        New Orleans LA

The New Orleans LA Postmaster established a postal sub-station at the State University Athletic Field. Aviator George Mestach flew from the Athletic Field 89 miles to Baton Rouge LA. This accomplishment was noted to be the first official flight of significant distance between two principal cities.
Sadly, Mestach damaged his plane after landing forcing the cancellation of his return flight.

P-0022

120410

New Orleans LA-Baton Rouge LA

George Mestach

$450.00

Souvenir Post Card

P-0022a

120410

New Orleans LA-Baton Rouge LA

George Mestach

$525.00

Return Flight (Cancelled ~ Not Flown)

P-0022b

120522

Baton Rouge LA-New Orleans LA

George Mestach

$600.00

Return Souvenir Post Card (Cancelled ~ Not Flown)

P-0022c

120522

Baton Rouge LA-New Orleans LA

George Mestach

$750.00

ERA PARK AVIATION EXHIBITION        Eureka CA

The Postmaster of Eureka CA established a postal sub-station at the New Era Park. Aviator Weldon Cooke flew from Era Park across Humbolt Bay to Railroad Wharf Eur