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%u201cTo make my arrival more interesting,%u201d he later explained. Colonel Reed, a local postal clerk, carried the bag to the eastbound New Albany and Southern train, and the country%u2019s first batch of Air Mail eventually made its way to the east cost%u2014by rail.According to the Crawfordsville Review, after being driven into town, Wise told some local businessmen he was planning to establish a line of large airships capable of transporting 50 passengers and 10,000 pounds of baggage. He added that if they would purchase $50,000 in stock, he would make sure Crawfordsville was on a route he was planning between New York and St. Louis. After his pitch, a fellow named Paul Knapper was so excited, he pledged $500.With his flight complete, there was some kidding about it being trans-county-nental, rather than trans-continental. After all, the early hype had said Jupiter would travel all the way to New York City (or at least Philadelphia). However, after the fact, Wise claimed Jupiter was too small for such a long journey, that his flight was %u201cnever intended to be transcontinental.%u201dIn 1938, Lafayette%u2019s second Air Mail flight took place%u201479 years after the Jupiter ascenNational Air Mail Week Cover from Lafayette, May 19, 1938.Backstamp: Indianapolis, May 19, 1938.