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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-36: AM-36 was awarded to Transcontinental & Western Air. In 1928 Jack Frye and his partners founded Standard Airlines. In 1929 Standard Airlines merged with Western Air Express to form a powerful air express and transport company. Jack became Director in Charge of Operations. On July 15, 1930 Western Air merged with Transcontinental Airlines. Jack became part owner of the new company and on October 1, 1930 was appointed Vice President in Charge of Operations. Transcontinental & Western Air (TWA) was born.
TWA

36E1 370901 Chicago IL T&WA Lawrence G Fritz $6.00
36E1f 370901 Chicago IL T&WA Lawrence G Fritz $7.50
36E2 370901 Fort Wayne IN T&WA Lawrence G Fritz $4.50
36W3 370901 Dayton OH T&WA W Larry Trimble $3.00
36W2 370901 Fort Wayne IN T&WA W Larry Trimble $9.00

36E4 370901 Chicago IL to New York NY T&WA --- $82.50
36E4f 370901 Chicago IL to New York NY T&WA --- $82.50
36SE4 370901 Chicago IL to Pittsburgh PA T&WA FE Niswander $67.50
36SE4f 370901 Chicago IL to Pittsburgh PA T&WA FE Niswander $67.50

R36E6 411201 to South Bend IN T&WA -- $12.00
36W5 411201 South Bend IN T&WA RP Grandy $22.50
R36W6 411201 to South Bend IN T&WA -- $12.00
36E5 411201 South Bend IN T&WA IS Kravitz $12.00

INDEX: First Flights by CAM Route #

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 16 17
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

INDEX: First Flights by Experimental Route #

1001 1002

INDEX: First Flights by AM Route #

49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65
66 67 68 69 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 84
86 87 88 90 91 93 94 96 97 98 99 100 101 103 105
106 107 111 119 120 121 139 140 141 143 144 148 172

INDEX: First Flights by Air Taxi Services Route #

288 289 290 291 292 293 295 296 297 298
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