Question: What famous aviator piloted the first mail flight for the earliest predecessor to American Airlines?
Answer: Charles Lindbergh. On April 15, 1926, he transported U.S. mail from Chicago to St. Louis in a DH-4 biplane for the Robertson Aircraft Corporation. Following a series of mergers, the company was reorganized as American Airlines in 1934. Today, the Fort Worth-based carrier and its partners fly to more than 350 destinations and regularly operate more flights than any other U.S. airline.
