All rights reserved.Įnjoy this episode? Share with your friends and don't forget to rate and review. Original theme music was written and recorded by Luke Messimer.Įnjoy this episode? Share with your friends and don't forget to rate and review. Learn more at and episode was written by Heidi Coburn and produced by Randall Lawrence. Our mission is to inspire kids to create a positive impact on history themselves. Honest History creates award-winning books, magazines, and this show for young historians across the world. As a teenager, he was active in 4-H and would often enter his creations in county fairs. Air Mail Service pilot he was assigned to College Park MD, Hazelhurst Field NY (1920), Cleveland OH (1920-23. Kinane is an avid needle pointer and crocheter. The 2,666 mile eastbound trip was made in 25 hours 53 minutes thanks to a heroic effort by Jack Knight (1921) flew a total of 3,806 hours and 359,793 miles in the Central Division during his tenure, much of it at night as all. Kinane has performed on television programs Last Call with Carson Daly, Conan and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. High-flying history is brought to life in this suspenseful story of an unknown and daring pilot named Jack. Kyle Kinane is an actor and comedian from Illinois. How One Gutsy Pilot Saved the US Air Mail Service. 23.-Pilot Jack Knight, hero of the coast-to-coast mail flight, found his way to Chicago this morning after a night in the air fighting snowstorms and fog. ![]() It was after dark when the airmail reached North Platte, Nebraska, and pilot Jack Knight was ready to fly the next leg of the relay, to Omaha. Join us on his journey and let’s go on an adventure! The mail was salvaged and loaded onto another eastbound plane. ![]() As he took off, he couldn’t imagine what was in store for him over the next 24 hours. ![]() Jack Knight’s mission was to deliver mail through the skies during a time that airplanes had no lights or modern navigation systems. Join host Kyle Kinane for a story about bravery and human ingenuity that laid the foundation for our incredible postal system. It’s time to discover airmail pilot Jack Knight’s fantastic journey through the skies in 1921. Have you ever flown on an airplane through the night? Remember how dark it looked outside the airplane’s window? Now, imagine flying through the night with no lights in the freezing snow searching for a place to land.
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