Rocket mail
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Rocket mail is the delivery of mail by rocket or missile. The rocket lands by deploying an internal parachute upon arrival. It has been attempted by various organizations in many countries, with varyi
USS Barbero first day commemorative cover. The return address is the Postmaster General.
US stamp 1918 24c Curtiss Jenny C3
Scarp, Scotland
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Scarp is an uninhabited island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, west of Hushinish on Harris. Once inhabited, the island was the scene of unsuccessful experiments with rocket mail, since commemorated
Rocket mail
…England, a rocket was launched on 28 July 1934, and a second on 31 July, over a 1600-metre flight path between the Hebridean islands of Harris and Scarp in Scotland. Around 1.07 m long with a diameter of 18 cm, the rocket fuselages were packed with 1,200 envelopes. Both rockets exploded, though most of…
North coast of Scarp with view to the west
Looking across to Scarp from the Hushinish slipway