Cachet Category 1935 Naval Flight Events

Cachets should be listed in chronological order based on earliest known usage. Use the postmark date or best guess. This applies to add-on cachets as well.

 

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N/A		N/A	1935-05-08 Locy Type 7qt USS Lexington CV-2
			1935 Naval Maneuvers

Cachet by the Brooklyn College Philatelic Society. Courtesy of Steve Shay.

 

N/A		N/A	1935-05-08 Locy Type 5hks "ENROUTE TO / PEARL HBR" USS Nitro AE-2
			First Survey Flight / Over Wake Island

Signed by the pilot. Courtesy of Steve Shay.

 

N/A			1935-05-08 Locy Type 5hks "ENROUTE TO / PEARL HBR" USS Nitro AE-2 1935-05-11 Locy Type 3s (B-TBT) "MIDWAY / ISLAND USS Beaver AS-5 1935-05-23 Locy Type 3s (BC-BTT) "MIDWAY / ISLANDS" USS Swan AM-34 On the back - 1935-05-24 Locy Type 6 Fleet Air Base Pearl Harbor / Hawaii.
			First Flight / Hawaii to Wake Island VP Squadron Eight-F

Signed by the pilot. Courtesy of Steve Shay.

 

N/A			1935-05-24 Locy Type 3s (B-TBT) "MIDWAY / ISLAND USS Beaver AS-5 On the back 1935-05-24 Locy Type 6 Fleet Air Base Pearl Harbor / Hawaii.
			Air Mail

Signed by the pilot of 10P-6. Courtesy of Steve Shay.

 

N/A		N/A	1935-05-25 USPO Machine Cancel Honolulu Hawaii
			1935 Naval Maneuvers

Cachet by the Brooklyn College Philatelic Society. Courtesy of Steve Shay.

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MILITARY ENDURANCE RECORD

The longest recorded military flight by a class C seaplane left from the Norfolk Virginia Naval Air Station October 10, 1935. Lieutenant Commander Knefler McGinnis, Lieutenant James K. Averill, Thomas P. Wilkinson, and a crew of three flew the XP3Y-1 covering 2060 mi to Cristobal Harbor, Coco Solo Naval Air Station, Panama Canal Zone in 17 hours, 33 min.

On October 14th, 1935 they departed Coco Solo Naval Air Station and flew a record 3387 miles nonstop arriving at San Francisco, California on the 15th of October in 34 hours 51 minutes setting a record for the longest distance flown by a class C seaplane.

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N/A			1935-10-08 USPO Duplex #2 Cancel "Hampton Roads Br." Norfolk VA 1935-10-13 Panama Duplex #3 Cancel Coco Solo CZ
			1935 Non-Stop Flight from Norfolk VA to NAS Coco Solo CZ 1935 Non-Stop Flight from Coco Solo CZ to San Francisco CA

No. 10 (Official) Business envelope signed by both pilots, the rest of the crew signed the back. Back stamps from Coco Solo dated 1935-10-10 and Alameda CA dated 1935-10-15.
From the Kurt Stauffer collection.

 

N/A			1935-10-08 USPO Duplex #2 Cancel "Hampton Roads Br." Norfolk VA 1935-10-13 Panama Duplex #3 Cancel Coco Solo CZ
			1935 Non-Stop Flight from Norfolk VA to NAS Coco Solo CZ 1935 Non-Stop Flight from Coco Solo CZ to San Francisco CA

No. 10 (Official) Business envelope signed by both pilots, the rest of the crew signed the back. Back stamps from Coco Solo dated 1935-10-10 and Alameda CA dated 1935-10-15.
From the Kurt Stauffer collection.

 

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