On This Day in History: July 30The Eagle Takes Flight

The Brooklyn Eagle became the first newspaper to deliver their product via air when they began the “Special Airplane Edition” just after World War I, on July 30, 1919. The newspapers were delivered in bundles of fifty in parachutes dropped over fields on Long Island. Local Boy Scouts would then pick them up and distribute them. But they used to also sneak in some “Special Airplane Editions” by train, as well. Pictured above is pilot Lawrence Sperry ready to make