Question: What is the claim to fame of the U.S. Postal Service’s Miss Miami?
Answer: The plane that flew the first regular air mail service in Florida.
On April 1, 1926, regular air mail service was established in Florida, as Miss Miami flew from Miami to Fort Myers and Tampa, carrying 3,514 letters, with Miami’s Postmaster J.D. Gardner on board. The Florida Airways plane picked up more mail and another postmaster in Fort Myers before landing in Tampa, where it was greeted by Tampa’s Postmistress Elizabeth Barnard and a number of local officials.
