June 18, 1919

Lieutenant C. E. Johnson of Eberts Field delivered 300 newspapers to Lonoke (Lonoke County) in his plane to demonstrate the possibilities of aviation. This made the Arkansas Gazette the first newspaper in Arkansas to be delivered by plane.

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