James H. Knight flight log book, 1919-1926.

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James H. Knight flight log book, 1919-1926.

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Collection contains James H. Knight's flight log book, which documents his career as a U.S. Air Mail pilot from 1919 to 1926. It contains information recorded by Knight concerning his air mail flights, including his 1920 speed record flight and 1921 night flight.

0.10 cubic ft. (1 envelope)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8198137

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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United States. Air Mail Service.

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Knight, James G.

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James H. Knight was a well known airmail pilot during the first half of the twentieth century. Born in Buchanan, Michigan in 1892, Knight flew for the U.S. Air Mail Service from 1919 to 1927, serving assignments in College Park, Maryland, Chicago, Illinois, Cleveland, Ohio, Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Omaha, Nebraska. On a 1920 flight between Cleveland and Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, Knight set an airmail flight record by flying 215 miles in 83 minutes. In 1921, he was the pilot on the first ever airma...