National Postal Museum
Telegram to Benjamin Lipsner
September 4, 1918
Praeger wires Lipsner in Chicago that pilot Max Miller will depart according to schedule at 6:00 a.m. from Belmont Park, New York. He flies the new Standard JR-1B biplane. Edward Gardner, on the other hand, remains delayed as the “mail pump on [his plane's] gas tank”, the Curtiss R4-1M, breaks on the third trial trip. Gardner will fly the two-seat biplane with mechanic Edward C. Radel at noon if a new pump can be fitted in time, and they will carry additional mail.
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