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First or record · 31.01.1935

The first airmail lands on the ice at Ruhnu

Esimene lennupost maandub Ruhnu jääl

In winter 1935 Ruhnu had been cut off from the mainland for weeks. On Thursday 31 January the private pilot V. Vunn flew the island's mail out in his small plane ES-NVD. A faulty compass had already sent him almost to the Latvian border on the way from Tallinn to Pärnu. From Pärnu he set off at two in the afternoon, flying low over the sea in fog. He had meant to drop the sacks from the air, but finding good ice by the shore he landed, handed over the post and was back in Pärnu before dark: Ruhnu's first mail by air.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

Eesti keeles

1935. aasta talvel oli Ruhnu olnud mandrist nädalaid ära lõigatud. Neljapäeval, 31. jaanuaril viis eralendur V. Vunn saare posti oma väikese lennukiga ES-NVD. Juba teel Tallinnast Pärnusse oli rikkis kompass ta viinud peaaegu Läti piirini. Pärnust startis ta kell kaks päeval ja lendas udu tõttu madalalt üle mere. Ta kavatses postikotid õhust alla visata, kuid leidis ranna äärest hea jää, maandus, andis posti üle ja jõudis enne pimedat Pärnu tagasi – see oli Ruhnu esimene lennupost.

Map of the area around The first airmail lands on the ice at Ruhnu
57.80240° N, 23.24320° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Postimees, 1 February 1935, p. 1 (DIGAR) ↗

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