American First Flight New York Idlewild - Los Angeles California - Boeing 707

Description

American Airlines
had the distinction of inaugurating the first regular transcontinental jet service with a Boeing 707 aircraft.
The first flight took off from Los Angeles at 12:01 P.M., and arrived at New York’s Idlewild Airport at
7:04 P.M.—an elapsed flying time of 4 hours, 3 minutes.
This cover was carried on the inaugural Air Mail Route 4 flight from the Idlewild Airport Mail Facility in New York to Los Angeles, California
(where it was backstamped)
and is listed in the Jet Age Flights Section of The American Air Mail Catalogue as J-41f.