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James H. Knight
American pilot (1892–1945)
James Herbert "Jack" Knight (March 14, 1892 – February 24, 1945) was an American pilot who made the first overnight transcontinental air mail delivery.
Knight was part of an airmail relay team that flew 2,629 miles across the United States on February 22–23, 1921 in an effort to show that the airmail service was much faster than the railroads.
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When all the other pilots were weathered-in or broken-down, Knight flew extra relay sections through the night in snow and fog and is credited with saving the airmail service from political decommission. "Jack Knight's Night Flight" made him the most famous pilot in America in the era prior to Charles Lindbergh.
Early life
Knight was born March 14, 1892, in Lincoln Center, Kansas, as James Herbert Brockett.[1] After his mother died in 1893,[2] he and his sister were raised by their aunt and uncle in Buchanan, Michigan.[3] Knight took on their last name, a