Aero Linx: Air Navigation --
How It Began
Flashback to May 15, 1918, to Washington, DC. It’s early
Wednesday morning, a blustery day. President and Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson are in the grandstand. So is Assistant Navy Secretary
Franklin D. Roosevelt. The Postmaster and second assistant
Postmaster wouldn’t have missed this day for anything.
Members of Congress arose early to be there, too, pondering whether
to allocate additional funds for this new service.