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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-54: AM-54 was awarded to Delta Air Lines. Huff Daland Dusters was founded in 1924 in Macon GA by several partners including Collett E Woolman becoming the world's first aerial crop dusting company. Huff Daland Dusters moved to Monroe LA in 1925. In 1928 HDD was purchased by CE Woolman and renamed Delta Air Service after the Mississippi Delta. In 1929 Delta operated passenger flights over a route stretching from Dallas TX to Jackson MS. This route system was expanded to Atlanta GA in 1930 and DAS was renamed the Delta Air Corporation. This lasted to 1934 when DAC was again re-named to become Delta Air Lines. A year later DAL offered the first night service flying a Stinson Model A and became the first airline to fly an aircraft with two pilots. In 1941 DAL moved its headquarters from Monroe LA to Atlanta GA. DAL was awarded AM-54 and on July 15, 1941 began flight service between Atlanta GA and Cincinnati OH.
DAL

54N1 410715 Atlanta GA DAL FJ Schwaemmle $4.50
54N1f 410715 Atlanta GA DAL FJ Schwaemmle $7.50
54N2 410715 Knoxville TN DAL FJ Schwaemmle $7.50
54S3 410715 Cincinnati OH DAL FJ Schwaemmle $4.50
54S2 410715 Knoxville TN DAL FJ Schwaemmle $10.50

54N3 451201 Cincinnati OH DAL Floyd Addison $3.75
54S4 451201 Chicago IL DAL Raymond E Gervers $4.50
54S4f 451201 Chicago IL DAL Raymond E Gervers $4.50

54N5 451201 Miami FL DAL John H Williamson $3.00
54N6 451201 Jacksonville FL DAL Clyde H Mills $13.50
54N6f 451201 Jacksonville FL DAL Clyde H Mills $4.50
54N7 451201 Savannah GA DAL Clyde H Mills $3.75
54N8 451201 Augusta GA DAL Clyde H Mills $4.50
54N9 451201 Spartanburg SC DAL Clyde H Mills $3.75
54N10 451201 Greenville SC DAL Clyde H Mills $6.00
54N11 451201 Asheville NC DAL Clyde H Mills $3.75
54S12 451201 Knoxville TN DAL Raymond E Gervers $6.00
54S11 451201 Asheville NC DAL Raymond E Gervers $3.75
54S10 451201 Greenville SC DAL Raymond E Gervers $6.00
54S9 451201 Spartanburg SC DAL Raymond E Gervers $4.50
54S8 451201 Augusta GA DAL Raymond E Gervers $7.50
54S7 451201 Savannah GA DAL John H Williamson $13.50
54S6f 451201 Jacksonville FL DAL John H Williamson $7.50

54S13 460105 Brunswick GA DAL W Williams $6.00
R54S14 460105 to Brunswick GA DAL $6.00
54N13 460105 Brunswick GA DAL Joe Mangum $4.50

54S15 460401 Spartanburg SC DAL Floyd Hoyt $7.50
54S16 460401 Columbia SC DAL Floyd Hoyt $7.50
54N17 460401 Charleston SC DAL Nolan Broadhurst $6.00
54N16 460401 Columbia SC DAL Nolan Broadhurst $7.50

54N18 461013 Lexington KY DAL Raymond E Gervers $3.00
54N19 461013 Frankfurt KY DAL Raymond E Gervers $4.50
54S19 461013 Frankfurt KY DAL Raymond E Gervers $16.50
54S18 461013 Lexington KY DAL Raymond E Gervers $3.75

DAL
Douglas DC-4

54S20 470701 Lexington KY DAL WM Grissom $11.25
54S21 470701 Chattanooga TN DAL WM Grissom $13.50
54N22 470701 Atlanta GA DAL WM Grissom $11.25
54N22f 470701 Atlanta GA DAL WM Grissom $11.25
54N21 470701 Chattanooga TN DAL WM Grissom $3.00

54S23 471201 Chicago IL DAL John P Smith $22.50
54S23f 471201 Chicago IL DAL John P Smith $24.00
54S24 471201 Kokomo IN DAL John P Smith $3.00
54S25 471201 Richmond IN DAL John P Smith $3.75
54N26 471201 Cincinnatti OH DAL CW McCollum $22.50
54N26f 471201 Cincinnatti OH DAL CW McCollum $10.50
54N25 471201 Richmond IN DAL CW McCollum $6.00
54N24 471201 Kokomo IN DAL CW McCollum $4.50

DAL
Douglas DC-7

54S27 590101 Detroit MI DAL CE Huffman $3.75
54S27f 590101 Detroit MI DAL CE Huffman $3.75
54S28 590101 Dayton OH DAL RS Ferrell $3.00
54N29 590101 Cincinnatti OH DAL BC Gordon $3.75
54N29f 590101 Cincinnatti OH DAL BC Gordon $4.50

54S30 590103 Indianapolis IN DAL KC Lichtenberg $4.50
54S30f 590103 Indianapolis IN DAL KC Lichtenberg $4.50

54S31 590118 Columbus OH DAL VE Pruitt $4.50
54S31f 590118 Columbus OH DAL VE Pruitt $3.75
54S32 590118 Louisville KY DAL VE Pruitt $3.00
54N33 590118 Tampa FL DAL CL Scarbrough $2.25
54N34 590118 Saint Petersburg FL DAL EG Brent $3.00
54N35 590118 Clearwater FL DAL EG Brent $3.75
54N32 590118 Louisville KY DAL RM Faulk $3.75
54N31 590118 Columbus OH DAL MJ Ernst $6.00
54N31f 590118 Columbus OH DAL MJ Ernst $13.50

54S36 590426 Jacksonville FL DAL Charles S Williams $3.75
54S36f 590426 Jacksonville FL DAL Charles S Williams $3.75
54S37 590426 Orlando FL DAL WJ Ehlers $3.75
54N38 590426 Miami FL DAL VE Pruitt $3.75
54N38f 590426 Miami FL DAL VE Pruitt $3.75
54N37 590426 Orlando FL DAL Charles S Williams $3.00

54N39 600115 West Palm Beach FL DAL Edmund W Thomas $2.25
54S39 600115 West Palm Beach FL DAL WF Williams $3.00

54S40 610127 Fort Lauderdale FA DAL Edmund W Thomas $2.25
54N40 610127 Fort Lauderdale FA DAL JD Gainey $6.00

DAL
Convair 880

54S41 700615 Greensboro NC DAL Gerard J Derenthal $6.00
54S42 700615 High Point NC DAL Gerard J Derenthal $6.00
54S43 700615 Winston-Salem NC DAL Gerard J Derenthal $6.00
54S44 700615 Raleigh NC DAL Gerard J Derenthal $7.50
54S45 700615 Durham NC DAL Gerard J Derenthal $6.00
54NW45 700615 Durham NC DAL James M Adams $3.00
54NW44 700615 Raleigh NC DAL James M Adams $3.00
54NW43 700615 Winston-Salem NC DAL MA Kuenzi $3.00
54NW42 700615 High Point NC DAL MA Kuenzi $3.00
54NW41 700615 Greensboro NC DAL MA Kuenzi $3.00

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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