AERONAUTICS: Night Mail

The great handicap in the use of the airplane for mail carrying has hitherto been the loss of time through inability to fly at night. According to a statement by Postmaster General New, night flying will be inaugurated in July or August and a continuous service between New York and San Francisco will cover the intervening 3,000 miles in 28 hours.

Millions of people in the Middle West will nightly witness an artificial aurora borealis, visible fully 50 miles from its source. This will be created by sweeping lights of great aerial beacons...

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