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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-79: AM-79 was awarded to Wiggins Airways. Elmer W Wiggins operated out of Wiggins Field, NH (now Norwood Airport) flying a Spartan Birdplane. In 1929 he founded EW Wiggins Airways which would operate out of Manchester NH. The depression delayed offering schedule flights until July 1, 1931 when EW Wiggins Airways officially inaugurated passenger operations. AM-79 was awarded to Wiggins and on September 19, 1949 it began scheduled flight operations from Boston MA to Albany NY.
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Cessna Bobcat

79W1 490919 Boston MA EWWA Ralph E Hynes $2.25
79W1f 490919 Boston MA EWWA Ralph E Hynes $2.25
79W2 490919 Worcester MA EWWA Ralph E Hynes $3.00
79W3 490919 Springfield MA EWWA Ralph E Hynes $2.25
79W4 490919 Pittsfield MA EWWA Ralph E Hynes $2.25
79E5 490919 Albany NY EWWA Ralph E Hynes $2.25
79E4 490919 Pittsfield MA EWWA Ralph E Hynes $4.50
79E3 490919 Springfield MA EWWA Ralph E Hynes $3.75
79E2 490919 Worcester MA EWWA Ralph E Hynes $4.50

79W6 491116 Boston MA EWWA John W Phillipps $3.00
79W6f 491116 Boston MA EWWA John W Phillipps $3.00
79W7 491116 Norwood MA EWWA John W Phillipps $3.00
79W8 491116 Providence RI EWWA John W Phillipps $3.00
79W9 491116 Willimantic CT EWWA John W Phillipps $2.25
79W10 491116 Hartford CT EWWA John W Phillipps $3.00
79E11 491116 Springfield MA EWWA John W Phillipps $2.25
79E10 491116 Hartford CT EWWA John W Phillipps $4.50
79E9 491116 Willimantic CT EWWA John W Phillipps $4.50
79E8 491116 Providence RI EWWA John W Phillipps $4.50
79E7 491116 Norwood MA EWWA John W Phillipps $19.50

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January 18, 1950

79W12 500119 Boston MA EWWA Leonard F Poor $3.00
79W12f 500119 Boston MA EWWA Leonard F Poor $3.00
79W13 500119 Lawrence MA EWWA Leonard F Poor $3.00
79W14 500119 Manchester NH EWWA Leonard F Poor $3.75
79W15 500119 Keene NH EWWA Leonard F Poor $6.00
79E16 500119 Albany NY EWWA Harold W Chapman $3.00
79E15 500119 Keene NH EWWA Harold W Chapman $3.00
79E14 500119 Manchester NH EWWA Harold W Chapman $4.50
79E13 500119 Lawrence MA EWWA Harold W Chapman $4.50

79W17 500127 Boston MA EWWA Leonard F Poor $3.00
79W17f 500127 Boston MA EWWA Leonard F Poor $3.00
79W18 500127 Fitchburg MA EWWA Leonard F Poor $3.00
79W19 500127 Orange MA EWWA Leonard F Poor $2.25
79W20 500127 Greenfield MA EWWA Leonard F Poor $3.00
79W21 500127 Adams MA EWWA Leonard F Poor $3.00
79W22 500127 North Adams MA EWWA Leonard F Poor $3.00
79E23 500127 Albany NY EWWA Leonard F Poor $3.00
79E22 500127 North Adams MA EWWA Leonard F Poor $4.50
79E21 500127 Adams MA EWWA Leonard F Poor $3.75
79E20 500127 Greenfield MA EWWA Leonard F Poor $4.50
79E19 500127 Orange MA EWWA Leonard F Poor $4.50
79E18 500127 Fitchburg MA EWWA Leonard F Poor $4.50

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June 23, 1952

        In 1953 Wiggins Airways ceased airline operations but currently operates a fleet of 50 plus aircraft used as feeders for UPS and Fed-ex.

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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