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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-50: AM-50 was awarded to Braniff Airways. Thomas E. Braniff (financier) with his brother, Paul Revere Braniff (WW-I pilot) founded Paul R. Braniff Inc (a combination flying school, aircraft parts supplier and airline). On June 20, 1928 passenger service began on a 116-mile route between Tulsa and Oklahoma City OK. In April 1929 Braniff was sold to Universal Aviation Corporation (conglomerate cross-country air-rail network). A new independent Braniff airline operation was incorporated on November 3, 1930 under the name of Braniff Airways with Tom as president and Paul as secretary-treasurer. Throughout the 1930's Braniff Airways expaned its route system. AM-50 was awarded to BA and on October 15, 1940 it began flight service between Houston to Corpus Christi and San Antonio TX.
BA

50W1 401015 Houston-San Antonio TX BA AE Wedgeworth $10.50
50E2 401015 San Antonio-Houston TX BA Charles T Raines $10.50
50S1 401015 Houston-Corpus Christi TX BA Dan Hughes $22.50
50N3 401015 Corpus Christi-Houston TX BA David F Leake $7.50

50W4 430901 San Antonio-Laredo TX BA WH Dameron $4.50
50E5 430901 Laredo-San Antonio TX BA WH Dameron $3.00

50S6 440410 Laredo-Nuevo Laredo TX BA Oliver M Huff $30.00
50N7 440410 Nuevo Laredo-Laredo TX BA Oliver M Huff $375.00

R50E9 440905 to Austin TX BA -- $5.25
50W8 440905 Austin TX BA Max B Snodgrass $10.50
R50W9 440905 to Austin TX BA -- $6.00
50E8 440905 Austin TX BA Earl H Friddle $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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