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Smith was involved in another incident that scared him to death. One day when he was flying his normal air mail route from Hadley Field to
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Flying planes carrying air mail, day or night, was hazardous and accidents happened often, more so even than in barnstorming. Smith worked as an air mail pilot until August 31, 1927. In his association with USPS for more than 7 years, he logged 3764.57 hours and flew 365,719 miles (588,568 km).
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276:(USPS) in the summer of 1919. He had logged 900 hours of flying time in the Army before he joined the U.S. Mail Service at age nineteen. His first assignment was to fly mail from Omaha, Nebraska, to California, essentially following the same route as the
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for about a year at carnivals. He also gave five-minute rides, for five dollars each, at county fairs in various states during this time. Eventually he destroyed his plane and discontinued these ventures.
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Beyond the Barrier: The Story of Byrd's First Expedition to Antarctica
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This article is about the American pilot. For other uses, see
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Wright, Nancy Allison, President Air Mail Pioneers (1999).
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himself, the expedition, and the United States Army.
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Turbulent Skies: The History of Commercial Aviation
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1544:"Dean Smith is Decorated Today by Sec. Hurley"
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1509:. Brooklyn, New York. April 13, 1932.
1501:"Cash Lack Disbands Air Pilots' Group"
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1938:Lajotte, Charles A. (October 1936).
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1176:. Reading Pennsylvania – via
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18:Dean Smith (American pioneer pilot)
1970:Historic pictures of Dean C. Smith
1813:. Aviation Publishing Corporation.
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1810:Who's who in American Aeronautics
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171:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
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1647:Linan, Steven (July 2, 2001).
871:Wright, Nancy Allison (1999).
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1940:"When the Air mail was a pup"
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1712:Caffin, James (Autumn 1987).
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274:United States Postal Service
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2011:Dean Cullom Smith 1899–1987
1632:. US War Department. 1936.
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974:"They died flying the mail"
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1004:The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
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407:Learning Curtiss Company
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1887:Smith, Dean C. (1961).
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626:Pope, Nancy A. (2016).
545:Smith, Dean C. (1961).
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1847:. Naval Inst Press.
1826:. Houghton Mifflin.
1653:Takes Flight on PBS"
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401:Later life and death
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1979:. Air Mail Pioneers
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873:"Air Mail Pioneers"
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210:St. Louis, Missouri
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1865:Beyond the Barrier
1548:La Grande Observer
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1385:Lee, Paul (2005).
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493:Awards and legacy
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