CAM Contract Air Mail First Flights AM-35

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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-35: AM-35 was awarded to Wyoming Air Service. Wyoming-Montana Air Lines in cooperation with Border Airlines of Great Falls MT evolved into Wyoming Air Service (WAS) in May 1930. WAS initially started flight services between Great Falls MT and Denver CO. When Border Airlines ceased operations in September 1931, Wyoming Air Service concentrated on the Billings MT - Denver CO route. On April 17, 1938 WAS was awarded AM-35 between Huron SD and Cheyenne WY. It used the Boeing 247D.

WAS

35S1	380417	Huron SD	WAS	Joe Leferink	$3.00
35S2	380417	Pierre SD	WAS	Joe Leferink	$3.00
35S3	380417	Lead SD	WAS	Joe Leferink	$6.00
35S4	380417	Deadwood SD	WAS	Joe Leferink	$3.00
35S5	380417	Spearfish SD	WAS	Joe Leferink	$4.50
35S6	380417	Rapid City SD	WAS	Joe Leferink	$7.50
35N7	380417	Cheyenne WY	WAS	Sam Moser	$3.00
35N7f	380417	Cheyenne WY	WAS	Sam Moser	$4.50
35N6	380417	Rapid City SD	WAS	Sam Moser	$3.00
35N5	380417	Spearfish SD	WAS	Sam Moser	$3.00
35N4	380417	Deadwood SD	WAS	Sam Moser	$2.25
35N3	380417	Lead SD	WAS	Sam Moser	$3.00
35N2	380417	Pierre SD	WAS	Sam Moser	$26.25

Wyoming Air Service changed its name to Inland Air Lines on July 1, 1938.

IAL

Boeing 247D

R35S9	400819	to Scottsbluff NE	IAL		$37.50
35N8	400819	Scottsbluff NE	IAL	Harold Wynne	$37.50
R35N9	400819	to Scottsbluff NE	IAL		$37.50
35S8	400819	Scottsbluff NE	IAL	KH Turner	$37.50

Inland Air Lines began flying the Lockheed Lodestar. Western Air Lines purchased 84% of Inland's stock in the fall of 1943 and the CAB sanctioned the deal on May 23, 1944.
Lockheed Lodestar

35S10 450921 Pierre SD IAL DB Bullock $45.00

35N11 470401 Alliance NE IAL Merritt W Gano $2.25

35S11 470401 Alliance NE IAL C Lee Osborne $3.75

35E12 470401 Sheridan WY IAL C Lee Osborne $2.25

35W13 470401 Rapid City SD IAL Rex Pilling $3.00

35E13 470401 Rapid City SD IAL DB Bullock $3.00

35W14 470401 Minneapolis MN IAL Rex Pilling $2.25

35W14f 470401 Minneapolis MN IAL Rex Pilling $3.00

35W15 470401 St Paul MN IAL Rex Pilling $2.25

35N16 470401 Rochester MN IAL Merritt W Gano $2.25

35S15 470401 St Paul MN IAL Merritt W Gano $4.50

35S14 470401 Minneapolis MN IAL Merritt W Gano $7.50

35S14f 470401 Minneapolis MN IAL Merritt W Gano $3.00

35E17 470421 Huron SD IAL Max Crall $2.25

35W18 500601 Brookings SD IAL Norman A Edson $2.25

35E18 500601 Brookings SD IAL Vernon Swanson $3.75

35W19 500801 Mankato MN IAL JI Hoaglund $2.25

35E19 500801 Mankato MN IAL Rex Pilling $3.00

35N20 520427 Hot Springs SD IAL Norman A Edson $2.25

35S20 520427 Hot Springs SD IAL Jack B Chrispen $4.50

Western Air Lines continued to run Inland more or less autonomously as a "Division" until 1952 when it was completely integrated into Western's network.
Douglas DC-3

35W21 530201 Rapid City SD WAL James P Hart $3.75

35W22 530201 Casper WY WAL James P Hart $3.00

35E23 530201 Salt Lake City UT WAL William R Larzalere $3.75

35E23f 530201 Salt Lake City UT WAL William R Larzalere $4.50

35E22 530201 Casper WY WAL William R Larzalere $3.00

Convair 240

35E24 560501 San Francisco CA WAL WT Holman $22.50

35E24f 560501 San Francisco CA WAL WT Holman $19.50

35E25 560501 Salt Lake City UT WAL WT Holman $19.50

35E25f 560501 Salt Lake City UT WAL WT Holman $19.50

35W26f 560501 Denver CO WAL RC Conover $10.50

35W25 560501 Salt Lake City UT WAL RC Conover $19.50

35W25f 560501 Salt Lake City UT WAL RC Conover $19.50

35E27 561014 Chadron NE WAL Gordon F Shields $2.25

35W27 561014 Chadron NE WAL Richard T Lawrence $6.00

35W28 571201 Denver CO WAL Norman A Edson $6.00

35W28f 571201 Denver CO WAL Norman A Edson $16.50

35W29 571201 Phoenix AZ WAL Norman A Edson $13.50

35E30 571201 San Diego CA WAL Stanley J Cavill $10.50

35E29 571201 Phoenix AZ WAL Stanley J Cavill $2.25

Douglas DC-6

35W31 580218 Phoenix AZ WAL $37.50

35E32 580218 Los Angeles CA WAL $37.50

35E32f 580218 Los Angeles CA WAL $37.50

Boeing 707

35W33f 690725 Los Angeles CA WAL Charles J Fregulia $27.00

35E34 690725 Honolulu HI WAL DA DeShazo $3.75

35W35 700601 San Jose CA WAL Robert L Butler $2.25

Douglas DC-10

35E36 760801 Los Angeles CA WAL William E Newell $3.00

35W37 760801 Miami FL WAL Gordon F Shields $3.00

35W37f 760801 Miami FL WAL Gordon F Shields $2.25

INDEX: First Flights by CAM Route #

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18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34

INDEX: First Flights by AM Route #

33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48

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