Glider Train Used To Carry Air Mail (1934)
Biplane takes off towing three gliders. Air to air shot; from below.
02:06:32 Glider landing seen above trees, turns & lands on Washington Mall. Crowds run up. Man taks out mail from Lustig Sky Trains Inc. glider.
Publicity; Transportation; 1930s; Experiments; Depression;
NOTE: Jack O’Meara, R.E. Franklin & Stan Smith were towed nose to tail starting in New York, dropping a glider in Philadelphia, one in Baltimore & last one landing in Washington.
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Glider Train Used To Carry Air Mail (1934) Biplane takes off towing three gliders. Air to air shot; from below. 02:06:32 Glider landing seen above trees, turns & lands on Washington Mall. Crowds run up. Man taks out mail from Lustig Sky Trains Inc. glider. Publicity; Transportation; 1930s; Experiments; Depression; NOTE: Jack O’Meara, R.E. Franklin & Stan Smith were towed nose to tail starting in New York, dropping a glider in Philadelphia, one in Baltimore & last one landing in Washington.