CAM Contract Air Mail First Flights AM-33

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Background: The Air Mail Act of 1925 (Kelly Act) authorized the postmaster general to contract for domestic airmail service with commercial air carriers. It also set airmail rates and the level of cash subsidies to be paid to companies that carried the mail. By transferring airmail operations to private companies, the government effectively would help create the commercial aviation industry. Various routes were designated and contracts for carrying the mail over these routes were then awarded to many different private air service companies. The Contract Air Mail routes became known as CAM's.

AM-33: AM-33 was awarded to Inter-Island Airways Ltd. IIA had been incorporated on January 30, 1929 and on November 11, 1929 it inaugurated scheduled inter-island flights from Honolulu's John Rodgers Airport to Maui (big island of Hawaii). Two eight-passenger Sikorsky S-38 amphibian planes began three weekly round trips. On October 8, 1934 with its award of AM-33 IIA began regularly scheduled air mail service between Hilo (big island of Hawaii), Wailuku (Maui), Lihue (Kauai) and Honolulu (Oaku).

X33W1 341008 Hilo HI IIA Charles I Elliot $4.50

X33W2 341008 Wailuku HI IIA Charles I Elliot $4.50

X33W3 341008 Honolulu HI IIA GL Tefft $11.25

X33E4 341008 Lihue HI IIA GL Tefft $4.50

X33E3 341008 Honolulu HI IIA Charles I Elliot $3.00

X33E2 341008 Wailuku HI IIA Charles I Elliot $11.25

In 1935, larger 16-passenger Sikorsky S-43s were added to accommodate the increased passenger traffic and added poundage of inter-island airmail.
In 1941 Inter-Island changed its name to Hawaiian Airlines and introduced the 24-passenger DC-3 into Hawaiian skies. The DC-3 became vital during WW-II when all inter-island traffic was placed under military control.

X33NW5 470602 Halaula HI HA Roland Low $30.00

X33NW6 470602 Kohala HI HA Roland Low $30.00

X33NW7 470602 Hawi HI HA Roland Low $30.00

X33SE8 470602 Puunene HI HA Roland Low $37.50

X33S9 470602 Hoolehua HI HA Wallace Dyer $37.50

X33N10 470602 Lanai City HA Wallace Dyer $37.50

X33E11 480910 Halaula HI HA -- $22.50

X33E12 480910 Kohala HI HA -- $24.00

X33E13 480910 Hawi HI HA -- $22.50

X33NW14 490710 Kailua HI HA Bertram J Hogg $2.25

Douglas DC-3

X33W15 501111 Hana HI HA Roland Low $2.25

X33E16 501111 Puunene HI HA Louis Schriener $22.50

Convair 340

X33W17 530910 Kamuela HI HA Roland Low $2.25

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