airmail

Example Sentences

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When an unknown airmail pilot named Charles Lindbergh won it in 1927, who would have imagined complaining about Internet connectivity while flying cross-country near the speed of sound?

From Washington Post

It involves significant reductions in airmail — a Postal Service tradition dating to 1918 — and geographic restrictions on how far a piece of mail can travel within a day.

From Seattle Times

The first motorized mail delivery began in the early 1900s in Baltimore organized by Postmaster General Frank Hitchcock, who also pioneered airmail.

From Washington Post

It was revived by Calvin Coolidge to create a commercial airline industry by setting aside subsidies for airmail and, of course, famously served as the heart of much of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal.

From Salon

Later in the first quarter, Wilson simply airmailed a pass over Metcalf’s head near the sideline.

From Seattle Times