Name/Title
Centennial Re-EnactmentEntry/Object ID
2023.2.203 A-BScope and Content
A Centennial Re-Enactment envelope and informational card inside.Context
A.
(On a manila card)
NEBRASKA CENTENNIAL RE-ENACTMENT OF THE FIRST NIGHT AIR MAIL FLIGHT IN THE UNITED STATES
The First Air Mail Flight on February 22, 1921,was a part of the First Transcontinental Air Mail Flight. The night segment of the historic flight was made from North Platte, Nebraska to Omaha, Nebraska, then on to Chicago b Pioneer Pilot Jack Knight.
Mr. Knight left the North Platte Airport at 10:45 p.m. in a DH-4DeHaviland bi[plane after receiving the mail from pilot Frank Yager, who flew the leg into North Platte.
Volunteers tending bonfires near the Platte River lighted the way for Pilot Knight and he landed in Omaha at 1:45 a.m. . . . . . . .
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The Nebraska Centennial Re-Enactment of the North Platte to Omaha First Night Air Mail Flight was flown by Pilot H. N. "Dusty" Rhodes, . . . . . . . .
Pilot Rhodes followed 24 bonfires of a "C" (for Centennial) tended by the Nebraska Volunteer Fireman's Association, at the 24 towns along the flight path.
A radio communications chain using mobile and base stations, set up by the Nebraska Amateur Radio Operators relayed information on the Centennial Re-Enactment Flight to the Eppley Field in Omaha.
The ew-enactment flight was an official event of the Nebraska Centennial Commission, in commemoration of Nebraska's 100th Year of Statehood.
B.
The whole left hand side of the envelope is a commemoration to the flight:
CENTENNIAL RE-ENACTMENT
Wed., February 22, 1967 --Pilot H. N. "Dusty" Rhode. A map of Nebraska contains a Centennial button, a single engine airplane, Stars at North Platte and Omaha and little bond fires that mark the way along the Platte River. Below that reads FIRST NIGHT AIR MAIL FLIGHT ** February 22, 1921--Pilot Jack Knight **
The envelope is postmarked North Platte, NB FEB 22 1967 and is addressed to Mr & Mrs Bartlett Boder, Saint Joseph Museum, St. Joseph, MO.
The 8¢ stamp is part of an embossed red triangle with an airplane in the center and United States Air Mail on two sides. Over that is stamped outline of the state and 'Nebraska Centennial 1867 -1967'
(On the back is another postmark)
Omaha Nebr., FEB 22 1967 and is stamped AIRPORT MAIL FACILITYLexicon
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Category 08: Communication ObjectsDimensions
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3¼" X 6¼"Dimension Notes
3½" x 6½"
