Ohio, Allahabad, Airmail

How an Indian City Found Its Spot in Postal and Aviation History

For some intriguing albeit seemingly unrelated background, we’ll start with America. The year is 1910, seven years since Orville Wright’s first flight into aviation history. By now, flying is to the Wrights what driving would be to us later.

Enter Max Morehouse, an aviation enthusiast and a reasonably influential businessman in Columbus, Ohio. At the tim…