![]() A record of World War One service has not been found, but the popular belief is that he served and received his training in the Army Air Corps. Growing up in an area of early aircraft pioneers no doubt cultivated his interest in early Aviation. Charles Remelin worked for the railroad, and by 1900 the family relocated to the Los Angeles California area. Site visitor Leming also sends this extract from a book he is writing about Catron & Fisk aircraft (scroll down at the link to find information about Catron & Fisk's airplanes).Įldred Lea Remelin was born Augin Boston Massachusetts. Following is the back of the photograph showing the caption for the photo and the circumstances for which the photograph appeared in a Los Angeles, CA newspaper. The "P.A.T." on the cachet above is for Pacific Air Transport.īelow, a portrait of Remelin from Jshared by site visitor, John Leming. 574 (1928) and worked for Pacific Air Transport (1928). He was a Western Air Express pilot or reserve pilot on CAM 4 (1926). Remelin held Contract Air Mail Pilot Certificate no. CAM 8 Postal Cachet (Reverse), J(Source: Staines) Remelin being one of them." Below, the reverse of the cachet. I have found that almost every early aviator world -wide has signed at least one piece of mail in their lifetime, and I try to collect one autograph of every noted aviator who ever flew before World War 2, E. During the early days of aviation, having pilots sign and carry airmail covers onboard their historic or record-breaking flights was very popular, especially if these envelopes had a "cachet" or some symbol of the flight printed on the cover itself. Staines says about this cachet, " As a hobby, I collect and research historic American documents, autographs, and Postal history. These images are shared with us by site visitor Jeff Staines. The timing of the transmissions is critical, since the long-wave radio signals carry, and could interfere with, say, pilots flying the Chicago mail route: Each pilot had a fixed time to report, staggered around the clock dial.īelow, the front and back views of a postal cachet carried by Remelin on Jbetween San Diego and Burbank, CA. The route is laid out in contiguous squares, each ten miles on a side. Okay."Īnd so on up to Bakersfield and beyond, reporting position and condition every ten minutes. Fifty five hundred feet over Miramar Beach. ![]() Here it goes: 'Remelin northbound, Baker, calling San Diego. "'Okay,' sings the operator on the ground below. I'm on the air: 'Remelin northbound, Baker calling San Diego. Two minutes later comes my turn to report. He wrrote, "Suppose you fly up the coast with me in the plane 'Baker.' I take off from San Diego at 10:15 p.m. He wrote about what it was like to fly the coast of California at night, in fog, in the early mail planes with radios having only transmit and receive capability and no navigational means. Late 1920s-Early 1930s, Location Unknown (Source: Underwood)Īs a "night airmail pilot", Remelin wrote "Up Through the Soup" published in Popular Mechanics in February, 1931. Editorial comment: The left-hand railing on the portable stairway has an interesting Escher-like quality, seeming to align with the right-hand stair riser. It shows Remelin in the cockpit of a mail plane, perhaps studying a chart or schedule. The photograph below is shared with us by friend of, John Underwood. Eastbound from Burbank, CA, Remelin and his passengers remained overnight in Tucson, departing the next day to El Paso, TX. He also served as publicist for Roscoe Turner. Passenger Hall was the first marketing officer of the Lockheed team. His VIP passengers were Allan Lockheed and Norman Hall. "Remy" Remelin landed once at Tucson, Monday, October 30, 1928. National Air & Space Museum (NASM), Washington, DC.Įldred L. ISBN 978-0-984.įile for pilot Remelin in the archives of the Or use this FORM to order a copy signed by the author. To pilots and their aircraft is available at the link. Your copy of the " Davis-Monthan Airfield Register" with all the pilots' signatures and helpful cross-references REMELIN Page of the Davis-Monthan Airfield Register Website
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