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SF385753 . . . . .  . . (SAN FRANCISCO BUREAU. .

FIRST AIRMAIL SHIP ALONGSIDE SUCCESSOR

OAKLAND, CALIF.-FRED WISEMAN, 70, STANDS BESIDE SHIP HE BUILT IN 1911 WITH ONLY PHOTOGRAPHS FOR MODELS. ON FEBRUARY 17, 1911 HE FLEW THE FIRST AIR MAIL, TWO LETTERS AND SOME DAILY PAPERS, FROM SANTA ROSA TO PETALUMA TO BECOME THE FIRST AIR MAIL PILOT. IN 1908 WHILE RACING AT THE INDIANAPOLIS SPEEDWAY HE SAW HIS FIRST PLANE AND DECIDED TO BUILD ONE WHEN HE RETURNED TO CALIFORNIA. TODAY HE MADE A FLIGHT OVER THE SAME ROUTE IN THE PLANE IN THE BACKGROUND, A DC-3. AT SANTA ROSA HE PUT ABOARD A MAIL SACK THAT WAS FLOWN OVER THE SAME ROUTE HE TOOK 36 YEARS AGO.
(SEE ALSO 385752-385754)

LIST 39  CREDIT LINE (ACME)  5/15/47

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[[see page 225 to see the picture of Wiseman and the DC-3]]