19/20th-century American aeronautical engineer and inventor
Earle Ovington and wife circa 1913Edward M. Morgan, Frank Harris Hitchcock, and Earle Lewis Ovington and the Blériot XIEdward M. Morgan, Frank Harris Hitchcock, and Earle Lewis Ovington
Earle Lewis Ovington (December 20, 1879 – July 21, 1936) was an American aeronautical engineer, aviator and inventor, and served as a lab assistant to Thomas Edison. Ovington piloted the first official airmail flight in the United States in a Blériot XI on September 23, 1911.[1] He carried a sack of mail from Nassau Boulevard aerodrome, Garden City, New York, to Mineola, New York. He circled at 500 feet and tossed the bag over the side of the cockpit and the sack burst on impact, scattering letters and postcards.[2] He delivered 640 letters and 1,280 postcards, including a letter to himself from the United States Post Office Department designating him as "Official Air Mail Pilot #1."[3][4]
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^"E. L. Ovington Dies. First Mail Pilot. Flew the Initial Consignment From Garden City Estates to Mineola, L. I., in 1911". The New York Times. July 23, 1936. Retrieved 2008-12-23. From Garden City Estates to Mineola, L. I., in 1911. Covered Ten-mile Route. Studied at Bleriot School at Pau, France. Owned Air Terminal at Santa [Barbara]
^"Earle Ovington". Airmail Pioneers. Archived from the original on 2009-07-24. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
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