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SF385752 . . . . . . . . . (SAN FRANCISCO BUREAU). . .

FIRST AIRMAIL PILOT HONORED

OAKLAND, CALIF.-FRED J. WISEMAN, 70, 1817 OXFORD, ST., BERKELEY SITS AT THE CONTROLS OF THE PLANE THAT HE BUILT AND FLEW IN 1911. ON FEBRUARY 17, 1911 WISEMAN FLEW LETTERS WRITTEN BY THE MAYORS OF SANTA ROSA AND PETALUMA, AND PAPERS FROM SANTA ROSA TO PETALUMA IN 12 MINUTES AND 20 SECONDS TO BE THE FIRST PILOT TO CARRY AIR MAIL, ACCORDING TO PAUL CARBER OF SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE. HE NOSED OUT BY ONE DAY, A SIMILAR HOP MADE IN INDIA. (SEE ALSO SF385753-385754)

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

[[image - black & white photograph of Fred Wiseman Sitting at the controls of his homemade biplane]]