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Show POSTAL PILQTS LAUNCH NIGHT AIR MAIL SERVICE Top picture shows the chariot of the VNight Kider of tlie 8ky" the epeciel plane to be umJ in night flight by air mail pilots.' The ship was designed and constructed by the Glenn L. Martin company of ' Cleveland,' O., and has a minimum speed of thirty-two miles per hour allowing, it to land safely iu a short field. This plane has all controls, etc., encased, and is built with many, features making for stability which promise to'be incorporated in commercial planes of the future.' Below, route of the thirty-hour transcontinental mail fliers with divisions of dsylight and night flying schedules marked by the dotted line. Lower, right, Jack . Knight, pilot who will make the night flight from Omaha to Cheyenne. ,". ' ' ' - . '.'' - ! tf - - .... .... v EVENING , k , - : - ' ' ' j HV-S |