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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-77: AM-77 was awarded to West Coast Airlines. West Coast Airlines was formed on March 14, 1941 in Seattle WA. However, they did not begin scheduled air services until after WW-II when they inaugurated their first route from Seattle WA to Portland OR on May 22, 1946. WCA was a US regional airline linking smaller communities in the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah and Montana while based at Boeing Field, Seattle WA. It initially operated with DC-3's.
WCA

77S1 461205 Seattle WA WCA David R Bath $18.75
77S1f 461205 Seattle WA WCA David R Bath $18.75
77S2 461205 Olympia WA WCA Edwin C Engeset $13.50
77S3 461205 Chehalis WA WCA Edwin C Engeset $3.00
77N7 461205 Portland OR WCA David R Bath $22.50
77N3 461205 Chehalis WA WCA David R Bath $7.50
77N2 461205 Olympia WA WCA David R Bath $7.50
77W2 461205 Olympia WA WCA David R Bath $2.25
77S4 461205 Aberdeen WA WCA David R Bath $3.00
77S5 461205 Hoquiam WA WCA David R Bath $3.00
77SE6 461205 Astoria OR WCA David R Bath $3.00
77NW7 461205 Portland OR WCA Edwin C Engeset $9.00
77N6 461205 Astoria OR WCA Edwin C Engeset $4.50
77E5 461205 Hoquiam WA WCA Edwin C Engeset $3.75
77N4 461205 Aberdeen WA WCA Edwin C Engeset $4.50

77NW8 470517 Seattle WA WCA George H Willingham $3.75
77NW8f 470517 Seattle WA WCA George H Willingham $3.75
77SE9 470517 Port Angeles WA WCA George H Willingham $2.25

77S10 470717 Portland OR WCA John A Peacock $3.00
77S11 470717 McMinnville OR WCA John A Peacock $4.50
77S12 470717 Albany OR WCA John A Peacock $4.50
77S13 470717 Corvallis OR WCA John A Peacock $4.50
77S14 470717 Eugene OR WCA John A Peacock $6.00
77S15 470717 North Bend OR WCA John A Peacock $2.25
77S16 470717 Coos Bay OR WCA John A Peacock $3.75
77N17 470717 Medford OR WCA David R Bath $3.00
77N16 470717 Coos Bay OR WCA William L Beatty $3.75
77N15 470717 North Bend OR WCA William L Beatty $3.75
77N14 470717 Eugene OR WCA David R Bath $3.00
77N13 470717 Corvallis OR WCA David R Bath $3.00
77N12 470717 Albany OR WCA David R Bath $3.00
77N11 470717 McMinnville OR WCA David R Bath $3.00

77N18 470905 Seattle WA WCA Patrick E O'Grady $3.75
77N18f 470905 Seattle WA WCA Patrick E O'Grady $3.75
77N19 470905 Everett WA WCA Patrick E O'Grady $3.00
77N20 470905 Anacortes WA WCA Patrick E O'Grady $3.00
77N21 470905 Mount Vernon WA WCA Patrick E O'Grady $3.00
77S22 470905 Bellingham WA WCA Patrick E O'Grady $3.00
77S21 470905 Mount Vernon WA WCA Patrick E O'Grady $4.50
77S20 470905 Anacortes WA WCA Patrick E O'Grady $4.50
77S19 470905 Everett WA WCA Patrick E O'Grady $3.75

77S23 511101 Roseburg OR WCA Joseph Jobe $2.25

77NW24 520928 Walla Walla WA WCA Elmer J Cook $3.00
77NW25 520928 Pasco WA WCA Elmer J Cook $3.00
77NW26 520928 Kennewick WA WCA Elmer J Cook $4.50
77NW27 520928 Richland WA WCA Elmer J Cook $4.50
77NW28 520928 Yakima WA WCA George J Solomon $3.00
77NW29 520928 Ellensburg WA WCA George J Solomon $3.75
77SE30 520928 Seattle WA WCA Houghton H Whithed $3.75
77SE30f 520928 Seattle WA WCA Houghton H Whithed $3.75
77SE29 520928 Ellensburg WA WCA Houghton H Whithed $3.75
77SE28 520928 Yakima WA WCA Elmer J Cook $4.50
77SE27 520928 Richland WA WCA Elmer J Cook $4.50
77SE26 520928 Kennewick WA WCA Elmer J Cook $3.75
77SE25 520928 Pasco WA WCA Elmer J Cook $4.50

77SW31 520928 Coeur d'Alene ID WCA Edwin C Engeset $3.75
77SW32 520928 Spokane WA WCA Edwin C Engeset $3.75
77SW32f 520928 Spokane WA WCA Edwin C Engeset $3.75
77SW33 520928 Ephrata WA WCA Edwin C Engeset $3.75
77SW34 520928 Moses Lake WA WCA Edwin C Engeset $3.75
77SW35 520928 Wenatchee WA WCA Edwin C Engeset $3.75
77SW36 520928 Yakima WA WCA Edwin C Engeset $4.50
77NE37 520928 Portland OR WCA Shelby G Tuttle $3.75
77NE36 520928 Yakima WA WCA Shelby G Tuttle $3.75
77NE35 520928 Wenatchee WA WCA Shelby G Tuttle $4.50
77NE34 520928 Moses Lake WA WCA Shelby G Tuttle $6.00
77NE33 520928 Ephrata WA WCA Shelby G Tuttle $6.00
77E32 520928 Spokane WA WCA Daniel O Wells $27.00
77E32f 520928 Spokane WA WCA Daniel O Wells $22.50

77S38 520928 Rupert ID WCA Dennis G Smilanich $3.75
77S39 520928 Payette ID WCA Houghton H Whithed $4.50
77N39 520928 Payette ID WCA George J Solomon $3.00
77N38 520928 Rupert ID WCA Dennis G Smilanich $4.50

77N40 530629 Klamath Falls OR WCA Max Christman $2.25
77S41 530629 Medford OR WCA John A Peacock $13.50

77N42 540618 McCall ID WCA Dennis G Smilanich $4.50
77S42 540618 McCall ID WCA Dennis G Smilanich $3.00

WCA
Fairchild F-27

77S43 590731 Klamath Falls OR WCA Robert C Cansdale $7.50
77S44 590731 Sacramento CA WCA Robert C Cansdale $4.50
77S45 590731 San Francisco CA WCA Robert C Cansdale $30.00
77S45f 590731 San Francisco CA WCA Robert C Cansdale $27.00
77N46 590731 Oakland CA WCA William L Beatty $3.75
77N45 590731 San Francisco CA WCA William L Beatty $3.75
77N45f 590731 San Francisco CA WCA William L Beatty $2.25
77N44 590731 Sacramento CA WCA William L Beatty $3.75

77N47 590731 Bend OR WCA William L Beatty $6.00
77N48 590731 Redmond OR WCA William L Beatty $10.50
77N49 590731 Salem OR WCA William L Beatty $3.75
77N50 590731 Newport OR WCA Donald C Burkhard $4.50
77N51 590731 Toledo OR WCA Donald C Burkhard $3.00
77S51 590731 Toledo OR WCA Donald C Burkhard $2.25
77S50 590731 Newport OR WCA Donald C Burkhard $3.00
77S49 590731 Salem OR WCA John A Peacock $6.00
77S48 590731 Redmond OR WCA Max Christman $3.75
77S47 590731 Bend OR WCA Max Christman $4.50

77E52 590901 Omak WA WCA George H Smylie $4.50
77W52 590901 Omak WA WCA George H Smylie $3.00

77S53 590901 Burley ID WCA Donald Alldredge $13.50
77S54 590901 Rupert ID WCA Donald Alldredge $16.50
77S55 590901 Logan UT WCA Donald Alldredge $3.75
77S56 590901 Ogden ID WCA Donald Alldredge $3.00
77N57 590901 Salt Lake City UT WCA Joe Buskirk $2.25
77N57f 590901 Salt Lake City UT WCA Joe Buskirk $3.00
77N56 590901 Ogden ID WCA Donald Alldredge $4.50
77N55 590901 Logan UT WCA Donald Alldredge $4.50

77E58 590915 Lakeview OR WCA Clarence Perrault $3.00
77E59 590915 Burns OR WCA Clarence Perrault $3.00
77W59 590915 Burns OR WCA Norman N Bryar $3.75
77W58 590915 Lakeview OR WCA Norman N Bryar $4.50

77E60f 591025 Spokane WA WCA WS Appel $37.50
77E61 591025 Kalispell MT WCA WS Appel $13.50
77E62 591025 Cut Bank MT WCA WS Appel $13.50
77E63 591025 Shelby MT WCA WS Appel $33.75
77W64 591025 Great Falls MT WCA Mace L Pecora $6.00
77W63 591025 Shelby MT WCA Mace L Pecora $10.50
77W62 591025 Cut Bank MT WCA Mace L Pecora $22.50
77W61 591025 Kalispell MT WCA Mace L Pecora $19.50

77NE65 600527 Spokane WA WCA Patrick E O'Grady $2.25
77NE65f 600527 Spokane WA WCA Patrick E O'Grady $2.25
77SW66 600527 Calgary Canada WCA Patrick E O'Grady $3.75
77SW66f 600527 Calgary Canada WCA Patrick E O'Grady $33.75

77N67 600801 Sun Valley ID WCA Donald Alldredge $2.25
77N68 600801 Hailey ID WCA Donald Alldredge $2.25
77N69 600801 Ketchum ID WCA Donald Alldredge $2.25

77SE70 631027 Tacoma WA WCA George Castle $2.25
77N70 631027 Tacoma WA WCA Elbert R Snider $105.00

        On April 17, 1968 West Coast Airlines (AM-77), Bonanza Air Lines (AM-105) and Pacific Air Lines merged to become Air West. In 1970 Hughes Air Corporation acquired Air West and the carrier became Hughes Airwest.

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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