Didn't Charles Lindbergh give rides in mail planes?

On Thu, 2015-04-09 at 15:23 -0400, Fred Harwood wrote:
> My mother, born 1905 on the NH/Maine border, grew up as a Bangor/Boston =
> girl.
> Her father was a traveling hardware salesman. Although he had a car, =
> almost all travel
> between Bost/Bangor was more convenient and reliable by rail, she said.
> 
> One of her anecdotes about her life as a young girl was about the time a
> biplane was brought to a Bangor summer fair by rail.
> 
> The plane gave rides for a fee to the daring.
> 
> On Apr 9, 2015, at 1:48 PM, Scott Holmes <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> > Rather a fascinating map.  It's interesting to see the proliferation =
> of
> > lines in the area.  The map does not provide a key, however, so I =
> assume
> > that the dark heavy lines are the Boston-Maine lines and all the =
> others
> > represent various other railroad companies, rather like telephone
> > companies carving out their own little niches.
> >=20
> > On Wed, 2015-04-08 at 16:10 -0400, Fred Harwood wrote:
> >> Here=3D92s a 1888 B&M rail map:
> >>=20
> >> http://www.davidrumsey.com/maps900044-24538.html
> >>=20
> >>=20
> 
> Fred Harwood
> Linwood Cottage
> Sheffield