A letter has been despatched from Nottingham to London and a reply received to it in an hour and a-half. This is a record for correspondence between points 123 miles apart. This letter was sent by the Lord Mayor of Nottingham to the Postmaster-general at the inauguration of a commercial air service between Nottingham and London. The letter was dropped into an airmail pillar-box, collected, and taken by Post Office motor van to the aerodrome, five miles away. An aeroplane carried it to Radlelt. and from there it was sent to the Postmastergeneral, who telephoned a reply.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22326, 28 July 1934, Page 21
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