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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-72: AM-72 was awarded to Colonial Airlines (formally Canadian 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-72 and on February 19, 1946 began flight service from New York NY to Ottawa Canada flying its DC-3's..
CA

72N1 460219 New York NY CA Howard Alsop $3.75
72N1f 460219 New York NY CA Howard Alsop $6.00
72N2 460219 Burlington VT CA Howard Alsop $5.25
72S3 460219 Ottawa Canada to New York NY CA Howard Alsop $6.00
72S3A 460219 Ottawa Canada to Burlington VT CA Howard Alsop $6.00

R72S5 460604 to Massena NY CA $6.00
72N4 460604 Massena NY CA FH Kubli $6.00
R72N5 460604 to Massena NY CA $6.00
72S4 460604 Massena NY CA Herbert Ricker $4.50

R72S7 460808 to Plattsburg NY CA $5.25
72N6 460808 Plattsburg NY CA FC Johnson $4.50
R72N7 460808 to Plattsburg NY CA $5.25
72S6 460808 Plattsburg NY CA Olan L Jacobs $2.25

72N8 460808 New York NY CA Clifford L Robbins $19.50
72N8f 460808 New York NY CA Clifford L Robbins $19.50
72N9 460808 Saranac Lake NY CA Clifford L Robbins $3.75
72N10 460808 Lake Placid NY CA Clifford L Robbins $3.75
72S11 460808 Plattsburg NY CA Clifford L Robbins $7.50
72S10 460808 Lake Placid NY CA Clifford L Robbins $7.50
72S9 460808 Saranac Lake NY CA Clifford L Robbins $10.50

72N12 460808 New York NY CA HF Ludwig $30.00
72N12f 460808 New York NY CA HF Ludwig $27.00
72N13 460808 Rutland VT CA HF Ludwig $3.00
72S14 460808 Burlington VT CA ES MacKay $30.00
72S13 460808 Rutland VT CA ES MacKay $4.50

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Douglas DC-3

72N15 470427 Newark NJ CA HB Silver $11.25
72N15f 470427 Newark NJ CA HB Silver $11.25

72S16 481001 Poughkeepsie NY CA Joseph Columbo $3.75
72N16 481001 Poughkeepsie NY CA Joseph Columbo $2.25

72N17 481128 Malone NY CA BS Macklin $2.25
72S17 481128 Malone NY CA BS Macklin $4.50

On June 1, 1956 all of Colonial's routes and assets passed to Eastern Air Lines. In September 1961 Mohawk Airlines began flying the Eastern routes from New York to Massena via Albany NY and Burlington VT.

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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