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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-71: AM-71 was awarded to Colonial Airlines. On March 16, 1923 a small aviation company called the Bee Line was formed in the Naugatuck Valley of Connecticut. Early passengers on the Bee Line included the Connecticut Governor and his aide. In 1925 the Bee Line was reorganized as Colonial Air Transport and on July 1, 1926 inaugurated airmail service between New York and Boston along CAM-1. The Colonial system was soon expanded with the formation of Canadian Colonial (service to Montreal) and Colonial Western (service to Albany, Utica, Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo and eventually Erie and Cleveland). Canadian Colonial Airways was awarded FAM-1 and on October 1, 1928 began flight service between New York and Montreal Canada. (Later on February 19, 1946 included under AM-72) The three separate Colonial divisions were combined into a single holding company named Colonial Airways Corporation in March 1929.
        In October of 1939 Canadian Colonial Airways was taken over by a group of investors led by Sigmund Janas. CCA had not been terribly aggressive in the marketplace and Janas resolved to change this. Accordingly, on May 1, 1942 he changed the corporate name of the airline to Colonial Airlines and took steps to expand its route structure. Colonial Airlines was awarded AM-71 and on April 15, 1946 began flight service from Washington DC to Ottawa and Montreal Canada flying its DC-3's..
CA

Montreal Leg
71N1 460415 Washington DC CA Herbert Ricker $3.75
71N1f 460415 Washington DC CA Herbert Ricker $16.50
71N2 460415 Baltimore MD CA Herbert Ricker $3.75
71N3 460415 Reading PA CA Herbert Ricker $3.75
71N4 460415 Syracuse NY CA Herbert Ricker $3.75
71S5 460415 Montreal Canada CA Herbert Clark $3.75
71S5f 460415 Montreal Canada CA Herbert Clark $52.50
71S4 460415 Syracuse NY CA Herbert Clark $4.50
71S3 460415 Reading PA CA Herbert Clark $4.50
71S2 460415 Baltimore MD CA Herbert Clark $7.50

Ottawa Leg
71N6 460415 Washington DC CA Howard Alsop $2.25
71N6f 460415 Washington DC CA Howard Alsop $4.50
71N7 460415 Baltimore MD CA Howard Alsop $3.00
71N8 460415 Reading PA CA Howard Alsop $3.75
71N9 460415 Syracuse NY CA Howard Alsop $3.75
71S10 460415 Ottawa Canada CA Michael Gitt $3.00
71S9 460415 Syracuse NY CA Michael Gitt $4.50
71S8 460415 Reading PA CA Michael Gitt $13.50
71S7 460415 Baltimore MD CA Michael Gitt $7.50

Montreal Leg
71N11 460604 Syracuse NY CA Charles Wenzel $13.50
71N12 460604 Watertown NY CA Charles Wenzel $6.00
71NE13 460604 Messena NY CA Charles Wenzel $6.00
71S14 460604 Montreal Canada CA Alf Tiberg $4.50
71S14f 460604 Montreal Canada CA Alf Tiberg $11.25
71S13 460604 Massena NY CA Alf Tiberg $3.00
71S12 460604 Watertown NY CA Alf Tiberg $3.75

Ottawa Leg
71N15 460604 Syracuse NY CA NJ Uttenweiler $24.00
71N16 460604 Watertown NY CA NJ Uttenweiler $6.00
71NW17 460604 Massena NY CA NJ Uttenweiler $7.50
71S18 460604 Ottawa Canada CA FH Kubli $7.50
71S17 460604 Massena NY CA FH Kubli $6.00
71S16 460604 Watertown NY CA FH Kubli $7.50

71N19 470601 Scranton PA CA John Strong $3.75
71N20 470601 Wilkes-Barre PA CA John Strong $4.50
71S20 470601 Wilkes-Barre PA CA NJ Uttenweiler $6.00
71S19 470601 Scranton PA CA NJ Uttenweiler $6.00

CA
Douglas DC-3

71S21 530609 Allentown PA CA Paul F Abel $6.00
71S22 530609 Bethlehem PA CA Paul F Abel $10.50
71S23 530609 Easton PA CA Paul F Abel $10.50
71N24 530609 Philadelphia PA CA WW Crouse $6.00
71N24f 530609 Philadelphia PA CA WW Crouse $7.50
71N25 530609 Camden NJ CA WW Crouse $6.00

On June 1, 1956 all of Colonial's routes and assets passed to Eastern Air Lines.

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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