Commercial aviation got its wings through the pioneering spirit of the air
mail and its pilots.
Regularly-scheduled air mail flights were in operation since 1918, but the
routes were too short – there was no significant savings over trains. In
time and from economic need longer routes flourished culminating in
transcontinental routes.
Mark Thomas, DCA-338, has extensively researched US Air Mail routes. Here
are sixteen of them comprising 132 flights that he created with official
documents from the National Air and Space Museum.
More routes are forthcoming.
Don't look for VORs or FS Navigator plans here. Instead, Dead Reckoning and
some NDBs will be your comfort. Use Real Weather to further enhance the
realism.
These should be suitable for FS-98 through FS-2004. Please inform us if you
note any differences.
Thanks Mark for these very enjoyable flights.