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A mail plane is an aircraft used for carrying mail.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 16 relations: Air Mail scandal, Aircraft, Airline, Airmail, Bugle, Cargo airline, Cessna 208 Caravan, Dimensional weight, FedEx, General aviation, Mail, Piper PA-31 Navajo, Short Mayo Composite, United Parcel Service, United States Army Air Corps, World War II.

  2. Airmail
  3. Mailplanes

Air Mail scandal

The Air Mail scandal, also known as the Air Mail fiasco, is the name that the American press gave to the political scandal resulting from a 1934 congressional investigation of the awarding of contracts to certain airlines to carry airmail and the subsequent disastrous use of the U.S. Army Air Corps to fly the mail after the contracts were revoked. Mail plane and air Mail scandal are airmail.

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Aircraft

An aircraft (aircraft) is a vehicle that is able to fly by gaining support from the air.

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Airline

An airline is a company that provides air transport services for traveling passengers and/or freight.

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Airmail

Airmail (or air mail) is a mail transport service branded and sold on the basis of at least one leg of its journey being by air.

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Bugle

The bugle is a simple signaling brass instrument with a wide conical bore.

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Cargo airline

Cargo airlines (or air freight carriers, and derivatives of these names) are airlines mainly dedicated to the transport of cargo by air.

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Cessna 208 Caravan

The Cessna 208 Caravan is a utility aircraft produced by Cessna.

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Dimensional weight

Dimensional weight, also known as volumetric weight, is a pricing technique for commercial freight transport (including courier and postal services), which uses an estimated weight that is calculated from the length, width and height of a package.

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FedEx

FedEx Corporation, originally Federal Express Corporation, is an American multinational conglomerate holding company focused on transportation, e-commerce and business services based in Memphis, Tennessee.

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General aviation

General aviation (GA) is defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as all civil aviation aircraft operations except for commercial air transport or aerial work, which is defined as specialized aviation services for other purposes.

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Mail

The mail or post is a system for physically transporting postcards, letters, and parcels.

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Piper PA-31 Navajo

The Piper PA-31 Navajo is a family of twin-engined utility aircraft designed and built by Piper Aircraft for small cargo and feeder airlines, and as a corporate aircraft.

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Short Mayo Composite

The Short Mayo Composite was a piggy-back long-range seaplane and flying boat combination produced by Short Brothers to provide a reliable long-range air transport service to North America and, potentially, to other distant places in the British Empire and the Commonwealth.

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United Parcel Service

United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) is an American multinational shipping & receiving and supply chain management company founded in 1907.

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United States Army Air Corps

The United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) was the aerial warfare service component of the United States Army between 1926 and 1941.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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See also

Airmail

Mailplanes

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_plane

Also known as Mail-plane, Mailplane.