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*The Air Mail Pilot**(1928) - An Original Long Daybill*
"Young air mail pilot arouses wrath of father of girl he loves, result
being that he is forbidden to see her. However, he finds that his rival
plans to rob the air mail. Villain makes haul, tries to shift blame on
others but airman and girl pursue him and bring him down to earth where
he gets his just deserts."
By the early 1920s the epic adventures of the young pilots who flew the
mail had already captured the public imagination. In 1921 the New York
Times paid tribute to the Postmaster-General and his pilots: "Aviation
owes a great deal to Otto Praegar...but American aviation owes far more
to these brave youngsters...who have attempted what has often seemed
impossible flying according to schedule in all weather..."
Probably the first film was The Great Air Robbery of 1919 but by the
early 1920s most studios were exploiting the subject, critics often
referring to them as up-to-date westerns. But given the dangers, the
excitement and its obvious appeal as a modern version of the legendary
Pony Express the film industry quickly saw commercial gain to be had on
the subject where daring and dashing pilots carried their mail to the
new frontier of the sky. Often the air mail service was merely a
background for daring robberies and spectacular stunt flying by the
pilot hero.
Like many*The Air Mail Pilot (1928)* included an airplane pursuit
climaxing in the hero jumping from one in-flight airplane to another and
a fight with the villain on the wings of the latter's airplane.
/Sources//
//From the Wright Brothers to Top Gun: Aviation, Nationalism, and
Popular Cinema By Michael Paris//
//From the Motion Picture News Booking Guide (1929.)/
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