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Vail Field was the home of Western Air Express, one of the earliest contract air mail carriers in the United States. Western Air Express originally purchased six Douglas M-2 mail planes for service between Los Angeles and Salt Lake City. Vail Field was named after the brothers who sold the land to Western Air Express.
The first solo flight was on April 17th, 1926 and piloted by Maury Graham. After Graham's first flight, it was standard practice for one pilot to leave Los Angeles and the other Salt Lake City at the same time. Most times they crossed flight paths over the Escalante Desert.