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nahii is now* the headquarters of the United States air mail service. This is tht*
ly unit of the entire Postoffice department which has its headquarters outside of
. city of Washington. These photographs, which give an idea of the importance of
■se headquarters to Omaha, were taken especially for The Omaha Bee by Xat
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lari F. Efore, superin
lendent of the air mailV
service, whose headquar- F
ter* new are in Omaha.
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An emergency land*
iny field. These
landing fields a*-e
scattered along the
route between Chi* q
cago and Chevenne
_ as a safetv measure
for the night flier*.
In the woo<tH
working room a
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Wot>.- where
Ht p in tc’ch
Hnta of the
Sailingt over a little town in Iowa.
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The highest beacon light in the
world. This 5,000,000 candle
power beacon is located on the
top of Sherman bill, 8,000 feel
ubove sea level anil is ti ed to
ruide mail pilots on the trans
continental route on their
flights.
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Overhauling Libert? moto** it urn shop ‘MM
st Fort Crook. Even though the motor
may appear to be running perfectly, it w
is overhauled after each 100 hoars of S
flying. The air mail takes no chances. ■
A parachute flare ready for installation. ■
Each plane h etpiinoed with two of these ■
parachute fl"c< In case of mechanical H
trouble the pilot releases the flare with a H
lever. The nnmehnte opens and the flare ■
burning bnrht'v fitters to the ground,, ^
thus enabling the pilot to gat a perspective
of the territory where he must land.
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