U.S. Airmail Pioneers
Dedicated to
U.S. AIRMAIL PIONEERS
1918 - 1927
During the first decade of
transcontinental airmail,
pilots flew over the Alleghenies
with a fueling stop in Bellefonte.
Unpredictable weather and
changing winds cost the lives
of 34 valiant young pilots in
this most dangerous leg
of the journey -- know to
pilots as "Hell's Stretch."
ERECTED BY PAUL J. MULVEHILL, SR.
MIKE NEWCOMER AVIATION ART
AMERICAN PHILATELIC SOCIETY
MAY 15, 2005
Submitted by @liu_kev.