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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-41: AM-41 was awarded to Pennsylvania-Central Airlines. PCA was founded on November 1, 1936 by the merger of Pennsylvania Air Lines (PAL) and Central Airlines (CA). PCA was based at Allegheny County Airport near Pittsburgh. It was awarded AM-41 and on July 20, 1938 inaugurated flight service between Detroit and Sault Saint Marie MI.
         The Boeing 247 had been launched in 1933 as the first "modern" American airliner, featuring all-metal monococque construction. PCA operated the 247 from 1936 through WW-II along its Mid-Atlantic and "Rust Belt" route system.
PCA

41N1 380720 Detroit MI PCA JH Carmichael $2.25
41N1f 380720 Detroit MI PCA JH Carmichael $9.00
41N2 380720 Flint MI PCA JH Carmichael $6.00
41N3 380720 Saginaw MI PCA JH Carmichael $6.00
41N4 380720 Bay City MI PCA JH Carmichael $6.00
41N5 380720 Traverse City MI PCA JH Carmichael $5.25
41S6 380720 Sault Saint Marie MI PCA Clyde Paddock $2.25
41S5 380720 Traverse City MI PCA Clyde Paddock $3.00
41S4 380720 Bay City MI PCA Clyde Paddock $4.50
41S3 380720 Saginaw MI PCA Clyde Paddock $4.50
41S2 380720 Flint MI PCA Clyde Paddock $3.00

         DC-3's were added to the PCA fleet to accommodate the increased passenger traffic and added poundage of airmail.
PCA

R41S8 410612 to Cheboygan MI PCA -- $4.50
41S7 410612 Cheboygan MI PCA Harry T Musick $2.25
R41N8 410612 to Cheboygan MI PCA -- $4.50
41N7 410612 Cheboygan MI PCA Harry T Musick $2.25

41SW9 410612 Traverse City MI PCA Al Misket $27.00
41N10 410612 Grand Rapids MI PCA Al Misket $22.50

PCA
Douglas DC-3

41N11 460715 Cheboygan MI PCA Herbert Davis $24.00
41N12 460715 Pellston MI PCA Herbert Davis $22.50
41N13 460715 Petoskey MI PCA Herbert Davis $33.75

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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