CAM Contract Air Mail First Flights AM-75

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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-75: AM-75 was awarded to Florida Airways. FA was founded in 1926 by two former WW-I ace-pilots, Edward Vernon Rickenbacker and Reed M. Chambers. CAM-10 air service was inaugurated with both north and south flights on April 1, 1926 between Miami and Jacksonville Florida with interim stops in Fort Myers and Tampa. Florida Airways went out of business in December 1926. Undaunted, Rickenbacker secured funding from philanthropist, Harold Pitcairn for a new start up airline named Pitcairn Aviation which later became Eastern Air Transport.
        EC "Ed" Nilson established Orlando Airlines at Buck Field west of Orlando. OA offered aerial photography, passenger service, pilot training and advertising services. By 1927 Orlando Airlines had 4 pilots and 5 airplanes. After Orlando Municipal Airport was dedicated on October 4, 1928, Orlando Airlines began providing feeder route air services for eleven Florida cities connecting them with trunk route airports. With the availability of a more representative name, Orlando Airlines changed it name to Florida Airways. AM-75 was awarded to Florida Airways and on January 10, 1947 it began flight service between Orlando and Tallahassee FL. Orlando Airlines - 1930

75N1 470110 Orlando FL FA Ernest L Lowe $6.00

75N2 470110 Ocala FL FA Ernest L Lowe $3.00

75N3 470110 Gainesville FL FA Ernest L Lowe $3.75

75N4 470110 Lake City FL FA Ernest L Lowe $3.00

75S5 470110 Tallahassee FL FA Ernest L Lowe $4.50

75S4 470110 Lake City FL FA Ernest L Lowe $6.00

75S3 470110 Gainesville FL FA Ernest L Lowe $3.00

75S2 470110 Ocala FL FA Ernest L Lowe $6.00

75E3 470215 Gainesville FL FA Maurice A Austill $13.50

75W6 470215 Jacksonville FL FA Maurice A Austill $6.00

75W6f 470215 Jacksonville FL FA Maurice A Austill $13.50

75S6 470325 Jacksonville FL FA Arthur E Newman $9.00

75S6f 470325 Jacksonville FL FA Arthur E Newman $9.00

75S7 470325 Saint Augustine FL FA Arthur E Newman $6.00

75S8 470325 Palatka FL FA Arthur E Newman $7.50

75S9 470325 Deland FL FA Arthur E Newman $7.50

75S10 470325 Sanford FL FA Arthur E Newman $6.00

75N11 470325 Orlando FL FA Arthur E Newman $9.00

75N10 470325 Sanford FL FA Arthur E Newman $4.50

75N9 470325 Deland FL FA Arthur E Newman $6.00

75N8 470325 Palatka FL FA Arthur E Newman $4.50

75N7 470325 Saint Augustine FL FA Arthur E Newman $3.75

75N12 480304 Leesburg FL FA William G Feagin $3.00

75S12 480304 Leesburg FL FA Arthur E Newman $4.50

April 5, 1948          June 1, 1947

75N13 480407 Perry FL FA WB Grubb $3.00

75S13 480407 Perry FL FA WB Grubb $6.00

        Florida Airways ceased operation on March 28, 1949.

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