Here are seven flight plans relative to the different US Air Mail lines, which were progressively set up at the same period of time, compared with the French Air Mail (Aéropostale).
I conceived this adaptation for Flight Simulator and X-Plane with two maps, the first dated 1924 for the East-West line, the second, dated 1927 describing the other lines starting along the East-West one.
Willian Boeing and Charles Lindberg worked for the US Air Mail.
Concerning (VII / Center East 2), composed of several short secondary routes, I did not respect them exactly, however, the cities mentionned on the map are present in the flight plan.
The 1927 map mentionned that certain parts of the lines were lighted, in order to make easier night flying at low altitudes. To my knowledge, those lightning systems did not exist on the French Air Mail lines.
34 pilots died on duty between 1918 and 1927 ; the Air Mail line towards Alaska started in 1938.
The Curtiss "Jenny" proposed in Flight Simulator 2004, or equivalent, can be the historical right plane to be used, but the final choice remains yours.
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I / WEST - EAST
CALIFORNIA
San Francisco (San Francisco Intl KFSO) /27mn/ Concord (Buchanan KCCR) /48mn/ Sacramento (Sacramento Intl KSMF) 98mn
NEVADA
Reno (Reno/Tahoe Intl KRNO) /199mn/ Elko (Elko Regl KEKO) 173mn
UTAH
Salt Lake City (Salt Lake City Intl KSLC) 140mn
WYOMING
Rock Springs (Rock Springs - Sweetwater KRKS) /84mn/ Rawlins (Rawlins Mun KRWL) /114mn/ Cheyenne KCYS 187mn
NEBRASKA
North Platte (North Platte Regl-Bird KLBF) /217mn/ Omaha (Eppley KOMA) 101mn
IOWA
Des Moines (Des Moines Intl KDSM) /95mn/ Iowa City (Iowa City Mun KIOW) 48mn
ILLINOIS
Moline (Quad-City Intl KMLI) /125mn/ Chicago (Chicago-Midway KMDW - Terrain utilisé à l'époque : Maywood) 147mn
OHIO
Bryan (Williams Co - 0G6) /120mn/ Cleveland (Cleveland-Hopkins Intl KCLE) 185mn
PENNSYLVANIA
Bellefonte N96 / 148mn
NEW JERSEY
New Brunswick - Manville (Central Jersey Regl 47N) 70mn
NEW YORK
New York - Islip (Long Island Mac Arthur KSIP - Terrain utilisé à l'époque : Hazethurat Field - Long Island)
II / WEST COAST
USA
WASHINGTON 1
Pasco (Tri-Cities KPSC) 203mn
IDAHO
Boise (Boise Air Terminal/Gowen KBOI) 252mn
UTAH
Salt Lake City (Salt Lake City Intl KSLC) 320mn
NEVADA
Las Vegas (Mac Carran Intl KLAS) 204mn
CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles (Los Angeles Intl KLAS) /95mn/ Bakers Field (Meadows KBFL) /87mn/ Fresno (Fresno Yosemite Intl KFAT) /137mn/ San Francisco (San Francisco Intl KSFO) /27mn/ Concord (Buchannan KCCR) /48mn/ Sacramento (Sacramento Intl KSMF) 229mn
OREGON
Medford (Rogue Valley Intl-Medford KMFR) /194mn/ Portland (Portland Intl KPDX) 101mn
WASHINGTON 2
Tacoma (Tacoma Narrows KTIW) /19mn/ Seattle (Boeing Field/King Co Intl KBFI) 81mn
CANADA
BRITISH COLOMBIA
Victoria (Victoria Intl CYYJ)
III / EAST COAST
MASSACHUSSETS
Boston (Logan Intl KBOS) 81mn
CONNECTICUT
Hartford (Hartford-Mainard KHFD) 71mn
NEW YORK
Mineola - Bethpage (Grumman GRU) /18mn/ New York - Islip (Long Island Mac Arthur KISP - Terrain utilisé à l'époque : Hazethurat Field - Long Island) 70mn
NEW JERSEY
New Brunswick - Manville (Central Jersey Regl 47N) 49mn
PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphie (Philadelphia Intl KPHL) 104mn
VIRGINIA
Washington (Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl KDCA) /89mn/ Richmond (Chesterfield Co KFCI) 140mn
NORTH CAROLINA
Greensboro (Piemond Triad Intl KGSO) /14mn/ Winston Salem (Smith Reynolds KINT) /18mn/ High Point (Darr Field NC03) 113mn
SOUTH CAROLINA
Spartanburg (Spartanburg Downtown Meml KSPA) 144mn
GEORGIA
Atlanta (The Hartsfield Atlanta Intl KATL) 117mn
ALABAMA
Birmingham (Birmingham Intl KBHM) /188mn/ Mobile (Mobile Regl KMOB) 113mn
LOUISIANA
La Nouvelle-Orléans (Armstrong New Orleans Intl KMSY) /44mn/ Pilottown - Port Sulphur -Birdwin 7LA1
IV / CENTER
ILLINOIS
Moline (Quad City Intl KMLI) 224mn
MISSOURI
St Joseph (Rosecrans Meml KSTJ) /30mn/ Kansas City (Kansas City INTL KMCI) 161mn
KANSAS
Wichita (Wichita Mid-Continent KICT) 58mn
OKLAHOMA
Ponca City (Ponca City Mun KPNC) /76mn/ Oklahoma City ( Wiley Post KPAW) 162mn
TEXAS
Dallas (Dallas/Fort Worth Intl KDFW)
1st line : /78mn/ Waco (Waco Regl KACT) /140mn/ San antonio (San antonio Intl KSAT) /131mn/ Laredo (Laredo Intl KLRD)
2nd line : /195mn/ Houston (G. Bush Intercontinental-Houst KIAH) /49mn/ Galveston (Scholes Intl At Galveston KGLS)
V / CENTER WEST
WYOMING
Cheyenne KCYS 78mn
COLORADO
Denver (Denver Intl KDEN) /62mn/ Colorado Springs (City of Colorado Springs KCOS) /33mn/ Pueblo (Pueblo Meml KPUB)
VI / CENTER EAST 1
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis (Minneapolis-St Paul Intl KMSP) /8mn/ St Paul (St Paul Downtown - Holman KSTP) 100mn
WISCONSIN
La Crosse (La Crosse Mun KLSE) /157mn/ Milwaukee (Gen Mitchell Intl KMKE) 70mn
ILLINOIS
Chicago (Chicago-Midway KMDW - Terrain utilisé à l'époque : Maywood) /111mn/ Peoria (Greater Peoria Regl KPIA /49mn/ Springfield (Capital KSPI) 84mn
MISSOURI
St Louis (Spirit of St Louis KSUS) 220mn
TENNESSEE
Memphis (Memphis Intl KMEM)
VII / CENTER EAST 2
NEW YORK
Albany (Albany Intl KALB) /9mn/ Shenectady (Shenectady Co KSCH) /97mn/ Syracuse (Syracuse Hancock Intl KSYR) /68mn/ Rochester (Greater Rochester Intl KROC) /48mn/ Buffalo (Buffalo Niagara Intl KBUF)191mn
MICHIGAN
Detroit (Detroit City KDET) 79mn
OHIO
Cleveland (Cleveland-Hopkins Intl KCLE) /54mn/ Youngstown (Youngstown-Warren Regl KYNG) 50mn
PENNSYLVANIA
Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh Intl KPIT) 65mn
OHIO
Akron (Akron Fulton Intl KAKR) /90mn/ Columbus (Port Columbus Intl KCMH) /66mn/ Dayton (Dayton-Wright Brothers KMGY /30mn/ Cincinnati (Cincinnati Mun-Laken KLUK) 83mn
KENTUCKY
Louisville (Louisville Intl-Standisford KSDF) 107mn
INDIANA
Indianapolis (Indianapolis Metro KUMP) 135mn
ILLINOIS
Chicago (Chicago-Midway KMDW - Original airport : Maywood)
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