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| Keywords: smithsonian institution smithsonianinstitution pilot airmail usps miller, max millermax air goggles airgoggles smiling aviation uniform max miller maxmiller post office postoffice plane goggles aviator black and white blackandwhite portrait man 1919 norwegian male national postal museum nationalpostalmuseum mail across the commons mailacrossthecommons blackandwhite people monochrome black and white Description: Max Miller was employed as an airmail pilot for the Post Office Department from August 12, 1918 to September 1, 1920, when he died in a mail airplane crash. The Norwegian born pilot had been interested in aeronautics from his youth and was the first pilot hired by the Post Office Department to fly the mail in 1918. He was married to Daisy Thomas, an assistant in the Second Assistant Postmaster General's office. On September 1, 1920, Miller left Hazelhurst, Long Island, NY, air field for Cleveland in a Junkers-Larsen aircraft with mechanic Gustav Reierson and 600 pounds of mail. Two hours later, the airplane was seen inexplicably only 20 miles away. It was flying low and the motor was cutting out and backfiring. Flames could be seen from the front of the airplane and Reierson was tossing out mailbags. The flames engulfed the front of the airplane, the aircraft nosed over and dove into the ground. The gas tanks exploded blowing the wings off. Both men were killed in the explosion. Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer Medium: Black and white photographic print Culture: American Geography: USA Date: 1919-12-31 Repository: National Postal Museum Collection: Benjamin Lipsner Collection Gift line: Gift of Benjamin Lipsner Accession number: A.2008-13 Persistent URL: arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=194365 View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. Description: Max Miller was employed as an airmail pilot for the Post Office Department from August 12, 1918 to September 1, 1920, when he died in a mail airplane crash. The Norwegian born pilot had been interested in aeronautics from his youth and was the first pilot hired by the Post Office Department to fly the mail in 1918. He was married to Daisy Thomas, an assistant in the Second Assistant Postmaster General's office. On September 1, 1920, Miller left Hazelhurst, Long Island, NY, air field for Cleveland in a Junkers-Larsen aircraft with mechanic Gustav Reierson and 600 pounds of mail. Two hours later, the airplane was seen inexplicably only 20 miles away. It was flying low and the motor was cutting out and backfiring. Flames could be seen from the front of the airplane and Reierson was tossing out mailbags. The flames engulfed the front of the airplane, the aircraft nosed over and dove into the ground. The gas tanks exploded blowing the wings off. Both men were killed in the explosion. Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer Medium: Black and white photographic print Culture: American Geography: USA Date: 1919-12-31 Repository: National Postal Museum Collection: Benjamin Lipsner Collection Gift line: Gift of Benjamin Lipsner Accession number: A.2008-13 Persistent URL: arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=194365 View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. | ||||
