Name/Title
First mail planeEntry/Object ID
2003.546f.6491Description
The first airplane to deliver mail to Brunswick landed on 6/12/1922 at the new Brunswick Aviation field off River Road near the golf course. Written on the back of the photo is, "Later in the day the plane ran into a fence on take off and eventually had to be disassembled and shipped to available source of repairs. Parts were non available in Brunswick and vicinity."
The black and white photo was published in The Times Record in Brunswick, Maine, on 1/22/1985.Collection
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