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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-37: AM-37 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

37W1 370905 Winslow AZ T&WA William H Dowling $3.00
37W2 370905 Las Vegas NV T&WA William H Dowling $6.00
37W3 370905 Fresno CA T&WA William H Dowling $9.00
37E4 370905 San Francisco CA T&WA Alton N Parker $3.00
37E3 370905 Fresno CA T&WA Alton N Parker $3.00
37E2 370905 Las Vegas NV T&WA Alton N Parker $4.50

37W5 380403 Boulder City T&WA William H Dowling $4.50
37E6 380403 Las Vegas to Boulder City NV T&WA William H Dowling $15.00

TWA
Boeing 307 Stratoliner

37W7 430915 Winslow AZ to Boulder City NV T&WA JD Buchanan $30.00
R37E9 430915 to Los Angeles CA T&WA -- $22.50
37W8 430915 Los Angeles CA T&WA JM Moser $22.50
37W8f 430915 Los Angeles CA T&WA JM Moser $22.50
R37E11 430915 to Oakland CA T&WA -- $22.50
37W10 430915 Oakland CA T&WA JM Moser $15.00
R37W9 430915 to Los Angeles CA T&WA -- $22.50
37E8 430915 Los Angeles CA T&WA Paul Bracken $22.50
37E8f 430915 Los Angeles CA T&WA Paul Bracken $22.50
R37W11 430915 to Oakland CA T&WA -- $22.50
37E10 430915 Oakland CA T&WA Paul Bracken $11.25

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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