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| Keywords: smithsonian institution smithsonianinstitution airmail usps skymaster interior aircraft sorting mail sortingmail trans world airlines transworldairlines twa airplane flying post office flyingpostoffice american airlines americanairlines 1946 wwii douglas aircraft douglasaircraft dc-4 dc4 c-54 c54 sorting airmail on board skymaster sortingairmailonboardskymaster postal service postalservice mail bins work douglas dc-4 douglasdc4 douglas dac post mailmen mail room mailroom history black and white blackandwhite organization mailboxes workers post office postoffice postal workers postalworkers letters douglas c-54 skymaster douglasc54skymaster douglas c-54 douglasc54 douglas skymaster douglasskymaster douglas aircraft company douglasaircraftcompany national postal museum nationalpostalmuseum mail across the commons mailacrossthecommons blackandwhite black and white Description: Interior of a Trans World Airlines (TWA) Skymaster aircraft equipped for onboard mail sorting and routing. This experimental "Flying Post Office" was tested in the United States by United and American Airlines as well. Adapting the concept used successfully by Railway Post Office (RPO) cars, combining transportation and mail sorting to move mail more quickly. Unfortunately, it was harder for clerks to stand and move in the airplane than on moving trains, and the amount of mail that could be sorted during an airplane flight was too small to make the system practical in the long run, especially as air speeds increased. The Flying Post Offices never moved beyond the experiment stage. The clerks on board this flight were (left to right, foreground), Melvin G. McBride, General Foreman, and Louis A. Dunn, Superintendent, from the Wilmington, Delaware, post office. Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer Medium: Black and white photographic print Culture: American Geography: USA Date: 1946-09-26 Repository: National Postal Museum Collection: U.S. Airmail Service Accession number: A.2008-12 Persistent URL: arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=194364 View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. Description: Interior of a Trans World Airlines (TWA) Skymaster aircraft equipped for onboard mail sorting and routing. This experimental "Flying Post Office" was tested in the United States by United and American Airlines as well. Adapting the concept used successfully by Railway Post Office (RPO) cars, combining transportation and mail sorting to move mail more quickly. Unfortunately, it was harder for clerks to stand and move in the airplane than on moving trains, and the amount of mail that could be sorted during an airplane flight was too small to make the system practical in the long run, especially as air speeds increased. The Flying Post Offices never moved beyond the experiment stage. The clerks on board this flight were (left to right, foreground), Melvin G. McBride, General Foreman, and Louis A. Dunn, Superintendent, from the Wilmington, Delaware, post office. Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer Medium: Black and white photographic print Culture: American Geography: USA Date: 1946-09-26 Repository: National Postal Museum Collection: U.S. Airmail Service Accession number: A.2008-12 Persistent URL: arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=194364 View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. | ||||
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