Today in 1911: Fred Wiseman departed on the first airmail flight sanctioned by the U.S.

Originally shared by Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

Today in 1911: Fred Wiseman departed on the first airmail flight sanctioned by the U.S. Post Office - from Petaluma to Santa Rosa, California: http://bit.ly/19ssSKi

Learn more about Wiseman's flight in this talk with Smithsonian curators: http://bit.ly/1vCkSuO

#avgeek