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Show FIRST FLYING POSTAL SERVICE : London, SepL 9. The first flying ll postal service was- Inaugurated this :J1 afternoon, under tho auspices of tho , ''1 British postofQce. The points of do- JH parturc and arrival wore respecti-roly (H the Hondon aerodrome and Windsor IH Castle, the distance being something ;H under a scoro of miles. Tho aerial mall experiment was nn- H dertaken to demonstrate the practlca- t. H billty of this means of loiter transit 'MM when war or strikes render it nn- H available under tho ordinary train ner- H vice. Four airmen piloting two mono- -, -H planes and two biplanes wero engaged Mm in the work. Upwards of 100,000 pos- -vl tal packets constituted tho first dellv- lH ery King George was so Interested J ?jH in tho service that he gave his per- iH mission to the aerial postmen to alight ! 'H on the lawn of Windsor Castle. 1-iH Tho Urst postal aviator to roach -BH Windsor Castle from llendon made ;H the trip In eighteen minutes, H Tho success of the now scheme, H howover, was not promising. Tho oth- ,H cr threo aviators said that the wind H was too strong for them to make a H flight, so tho remainder of tho malls H wns laid aside to await more propitious , , ;M weather, another day. - H |