On February 18, 1911, French pilot Henri Pequet (1888-1974) carried the official airmail.
The mail consisted of a sack with about 6,000 cards and letters on his Humber biplane. The plane flew a distance of five miles, from an Allahabad polo field, over the Yamuna River, to Naini in India.
He flew from Allahabad to Naini Junction where the mail was transferred to rail.
All mails were marked: “First Aerial Post — 1911 — U.P. Exhibition Allahabad“.
Pequet was in India flying demonstration flights for the United Provinces Exhibition in Allahabad. Walter Windham (1868-1942), a British aviation pioneer, organized the aerial demonstrations.
The event marked the first time airplanes flew in India.
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