1920: Capt. St. Clair Street led a flight of four DH-4s from Mitchel Field, New York, to Nome, Alaska, and back to Mitchel Field, covering 8,690 miles in 110 flying hours. Gen. Billy Mitchell congratulates Capt. St. Clair Street upon the return of the first Alaskan flight to the United States. Alaska became a state on 3 January 1959.
