History Main / FlyingPostman

* ''Plan 7 of 9 from Outer Space''. Our heroes have their luggage delivered to Antarctica by rocket mail, but a targeting error means it wipes out half of Melbourne instead.

%%** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'': The Rito people of Dragon Roost Island.

%%* ''WesternAnimation/TheBackyardigans'': One episode crosses this trope with DragonRider.

* In the ''VideoGame/PaperMario'' series, the postal service is run by Paratroopas. You can get one of them as your partner in the first game.
* The Rito people of Dragon Roost Island in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker''.
** The postman you meet in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass'' is also winged, somewhat inexplicably.
** A different variant occurs in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword''; Zelda's Loftwing delivers a letter to Link in the opening sequence.
* The ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon'' series has Pelipper (A pelican Pokemon) delivering the mail in each game.
* Pete the pelican from ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing''.
* A pelican is responsible for mail delivery in ''VideoGame/LegendOfMana'', and figures into several sidequests.
* ''{{VideoGame/Solatorobo}}'': Some sidequests make you the mailman (with a unique flyer), though it plays out more like a racecourse.

* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheBackyardigans'' crossed this trope with DragonRider.

* The ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fandom is somehow overwhelmingly in agreement that the [[EnsembleDarkhorse fan-favorite]] background pegasus Derpy Hooves is Ponyville's mailmare. If we tried to list every fanfic portraying her in this role, we'd be here all day.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': An unnamed mail pegasus has a brief appearance in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E7WonderboltsAcademy Wonderbolts Academy]]". Similarly, it's a commonly accepted bit of fanon that MemeticBystander Derpy Hooves (a pegasus) is a postal worker.

Particularly common in OceanPunk settings, since the lack of land magnifies the advantages of flight.

* In ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', the most reliable form of Dark Eldar communication is the Scourges; denizens artificially modified into {{Winged Humanoid}}s. Gives one the closest thing to DiplomaticImmunity one has in the WretchedHive which is Commorragh, provided they can survive the operation and avoid the natural hazards.

* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' of Creator/AAPessimal, the Air Mail has largely been a monopoly of Klatch and its (now) civilian-orientated force of magic carpets - which now offer an unparelleled passenger and airmail service linking the major cities of the entire Disc. It has not been lost on Lord Vetinari that the klatchians made a kind offer to ferry the diplomatic bags of Embassies to and from their home capitals - for a modest fee and a promise the diplomatic secrets will not be interecepted or tampered with while in transit. Vetinari's riposte was to offer the growing [[{{Pegasus}} Pegasus Service]] as Ankh-Morpork's airmail equivalent.

* The namesake of ''Anime/KikisDeliveryService'' is a variant, where a witch makes deliveries via FlyingBroomstick.

* In ''The Secret of the Ninth Planet'', the protagonists are on an expedition in the Andes mountains, and receive a special delivery by guided missile post. The missile, radio-guided from a Moon base, flies overhead and detaches its message-carrying nosecone by parachute.

* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' of Creator/AAPessimal, the Air Mail has largely been a monopoly of Klatch and its (now) civilian-orientated force of magic carpets - which now offer an unparelleled passenger and airmail service linking the major cities of the entire Disc. It has not been lost on Lord Vetinari that the klatchians made a kind offer to ferry the diplomatic bags of Embassies to and from their home capitals - for a modest fee and a promise the diplomatic secrets will not be interecepted or tampered with while in transit. Vetinari's riposte was to offer the growing [[{{Pegasi}} Pegasus Service]] as Ankh-Morpork's airmail equivalent.

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* ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'': Venom Flyers were used to deliver messages between the Brotherhood of Makuta and the Dark Hunters.

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* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' of Creator/AAPessimal, the Air Mail has largely been a monopoly of Klatch and its (now) civilian-orientated force of magic carpets - which now offer an unparelleled passenger and airmail service linking the major cities of the entire Disc. It has not been lost on Lord Vetinari that the klatchians made a kind offer to ferry the diplomatic bags of Embassies to and from their home capitals - for a modest fee and a promise the diplomatic secrets will not be interecepted or tampered with while in transit. Vetinari's riposte was to offer the growing [[Pegasi Pegasus Service]] as Ankh-Morpork's airmail equivalent.

* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' of Creator/AAPessimal, the Air Mail has largely been a monopoly of Klatch and its (now) civilian-orientated force of magic carpets - which now offer an unparelleled passenger and airmail service linking the major cities of the entire Disc. It has not been lost on Lord Vetinari that the klatchians made a kind offer to ferry the diplomatic bags of Embassies to and from their home capitals - for a modest fee and a promise the diplomatic secrets will not be interecepted or tampered with while in transit. Vetinari's riposte was to offer the growing Pegasus Service as Ankh-Morpork's airmail equivalent.

* In the ''{{Discworld}}'' of Creator/AAPessimal, the Air Mail has largely been a monopoly of Klatch and its (now) civilian-orientated force of magic carpets - which now offer an unparelleled passenger and airmail service linking the major cities of the entire Disc. It has not been lost on Lord Vetinari that the klatchians made a kind offer to ferry the diplomatic bags of Embassies to and from their home capitals - for a modest fee and a promise the diplomatic secrets will not be interecepted or tampered with while in transit. Vetinari's riposte was to offer the growing Pegasus Service as Ankh-Morpork's airmail equivalent.

* The [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Pokémon anime]] has Delibird's Delivery Service and Peliper's Post Office. Other than being from two different regions, think of Delibird's Delivery Service more akin to UPS while Peliper's is your standard postal service. Another episode had a "Carrier Pidgey Express" parcel delivery service.

* In the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' series, owls are used to deliver mail. The Ministry of Magic uses enchanted paper airplanes for internal memos (although [[Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem [=MACUSA=]]] uses origami mice instead]].

* In the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' series, owls are used to deliver mail.

* The [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Pokémon anime]] has Delibird's Delivery Service and Peliper's Post Office. Other than being from two different regions, think of Delibird's Delivery Service more akin to UPS while Peliper's is your standard postal service.

* One of the first (some would say ''the'' first) civilian uses of airplanes was carrying mail from city to city. This was at its peak in the 1920s and 1930s; it declined due to companies scamming the government due to poor oversight, and a large number of military airmen dying in plane crashes in poor winter weather when the US Army tried to take over all air mail responsibilities while lacking in sufficient experience in night time and winter operations, as well as poorly equipped aircraft and insufficient manning, due to Great Depression-related budget cuts.

* This is, of course, the basic idea behind Air Mail, using airplanes to carry mail over long distances. Actually putting the act into practice proved much harder than expected, resulting in a number of scandals including air transport companies scamming the government due to poor oversight, and a large number of military airmen dying in plane crashes in poor winter weather when the US Army tried to take over all air mail responsibilities while lacking in sufficient experience in night time and winter operations, as well as poorly equipped aircraft and insufficient manning, due to Great Depression-related budget cuts.