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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-46: AM-46 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-46 and on October 15, 1940 inaugurated flight service between Buffalo NY and Pittsburgh PA.
         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.
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         DC-3's were added to the PCA fleet to accommodate the increased passenger traffic and added poundage of airmail.
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46S1 401015 Buffalo NY PCA JT Rinker $7.50
46S1f 401015 Buffalo NY PCA JT Rinker $7.50
46S2 401015 Erie PA PCA JT Rinker $7.50
46N3 401015 Pittsburgh PA PCA JT Rinker $6.00
46N3f 401015 Pittsburgh PA PCA JT Rinker $10.50
46N2 401015 Erie PA PCA JT Rinker $6.00

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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