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This short news cable published in The New York Herald on October 3, 1920, highlights early commercial aviation and rapid food transit across post-World War I Europe. Queen Mother Alexandra of the United Kingdom sent a hamper of fresh fruit across the English Channel to her sister, the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna (Marie of Russia), who had settled in Copenhagen following the Russian Revolution. The shipment illustrates inter-line aerial transfer in 1920, moving by English airplane to Amsterdam before transferring to a Danish aircraft bound for Denmark.
Alexandra Sends Fruit By Air to Marie of Russia
Special Cable Despatch to THE NEW YORK HERALD. Copyright, 1920, by THE NEW YORK HERALD.
LONDON, Oct. 2.—Queen Mother Alexandra has just sent a hamper of fruit by airplane to her sister, Empress Marie of Russia, who is now in Copenhagen, thus demonstrating the growth of the airplane service across the Channel, which is rapidly being extended to points requiring quick transportation. The air route from London to Copenhagen is by airplane and water, the hamper of fruit being sent to Amsterdam, was transferred from the English flying machine to a Danish airplane, which flew to Copenhagen.
Public rights statementThis material was originally published in the United States in 1920 and is believed to be in the public domain in the United States. Source: The New York herald., 1920-10-03, page seq25, via https://www.loc.gov/item/sn83045774/1920-10-03/ed-1/. Repastory is not affiliated with or endorsed by The New York herald. or its current owner. Rights may vary outside the United States.
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