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Henri Pequet (1 February 1888 – 13 March 1974) was a aviator in the first official airmail flight on February 18, 1911. The 23-year-old France, in India for an airshow, delivered about 6,500 letters when he flew from an Allahabad polo field to Naini, about 10 kilometers away. He flew a Humber-Sommer biplane with about fifty horsepower (37 kW), and made the journey in thirteen minutes. History of Air Cargo and Airmail from the 18th Century by Camille Allaz, p. 26.
The letters were marked "First Aerial Post, U.P. Exhibition Allahabad 1911."
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