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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-82: AM-82 was awarded to Trans-Texas Airways. As WW-II was ending US domestic travel increased opening opportunities for the creation of new domestic airlines. Aviation Enterprises was founded providing regional passenger service in Texas. In 1947 it became Trans-Texas Airways (TTA) and was nicknamed "Tree Top Airlines" and "Tinker Toy Airlines" by its competitors. TTA operated out of hubs in Dallas and Houston and on October 11, 1947 was awarded AM-82 Texas mail routes.
TTA

82E1 471011 San Antonio TX TTA Leon Hassler $3.00
82E2 471011 Victoria TX TTA Leon Hassler $4.50
82W3 471011 Houston TX TTA Leon Hassler $3.75
82W3f 471011 Houston TX TTA Leon Hassler $3.75
82W2 471011 Victoria TX TTA Leon Hassler $3.00

82N3 471011 Houston TX TTA Dick N Richards $3.75
82N3f 471011 Houston TX TTA Dick N Richards $3.75
82N4 471011 Palestine TX TTA Dick N Richards $3.00
82W5 471011 Dallas TX TTA Dick N Richards $3.00
82W5f 471011 Dallas TX TTA Dick N Richards $2.25
82W6 471011 Fort Worth TX TTA Dick N Richards $3.00
82W6f 471011 Fort Worth TX TTA Dick N Richards $3.00
82W7 471011 Brownwood TX TTA Dick N Richards $2.25
82E8 471011 San Angelo TX TTA Dick N Richards $3.00
82E7 471011 Brownwood TX TTA Dick N Richards $3.75
82E6 471011 Fort Worth TX TTA Dick N Richards $6.00
82E6f 471011 Fort Worth TX TTA Dick N Richards $4.50
82S5 471011 Dallas TX TTA Dick N Richards $3.75
82S5f 471011 Dallas TX TTA Dick N Richards $4.50
82S4 471011 Palestine TX TTA Dick N Richards $3.75

TTA
Douglas DC-3

82W8 471109 San Angelo TX TTA William G Moore $6.00
82E9 471109 Fort Stockton TX TTA Ray C Stolz $2.25

82W10 480105 San Angelo TX TTA RH Carle $3.00
82E11 480105 Eagle Pass TX TTA RH Carle $2.25

82S11 480327 Eagle Pass TX TTA Leon J Hassler $3.00
82S12 480327 Laredo TX TTA Leon J Hassler $3.00
82S13 480327 Mission TX TTA Leon J Hassler $3.75
82S14 480327 McAllen TX TTA Leon J Hassler $3.00
82S15 480327 Edinburg TX TTA Leon J Hassler $2.25
82S16 480327 Harlingen TX TTA Leon J Hassler $3.00
82N17 480327 Brownsville TX TTA Dick N Richards $2.25
82N16 480327 Harlingen TX TTA Dick N Richards $3.00
82N15 480327 Edinburg TX TTA Dick N Richards $3.75
82N14 480327 McAllen TX TTA Dick N Richards $3.75
82N13 480327 Mission TX TTA Dick N Richards $3.00
82N12 480327 Laredo TX TTA Dick N Richards $3.00

82W18 480415 Fort Stockton TX TTA Ray C Stolz $6.00
82E19 480415 Marfa TX TTA Ray C Stolz $3.00
82E20 480415 Alpine TX TTA Ray C Stolz $3.00

82SE21 480527 Houston TX TTA Larry E McCullough $10.50
82SE21f 480527 Houston TX TTA Larry E McCullough $7.50
82NE22 480527 Galveston TX TTA Larry E McCullough $3.00
82NW23 480527 Beaumont TX TTA Larry E McCullough $3.00
82SE24 480527 Palestine TX TTA Larry E McCullough $13.50
82SW23 480527 Beaumont TX TTA Ray C Stolz $6.00
82NW22 480527 Galveston TX TTA Ray C Stolz $4.50

82W25 480625 Marfa TX TTA Larry E McCullough $4.50
82W26 480625 Alpine TX TTA Larry E McCullough $7.50
82E27 480625 El Paso TX TTA Dick N Richards $3.00

82S28 480625 Fort Stockton TX TTA Dick N Richards $7.50
82S29 480625 Del Rio TX TTA Dick N Richards $2.25
82N30 480625 Eagle Pass TX TTA Larry E McCullough $6.00
82N29 480625 Del Rio TX TTA Larry E McCullough $3.75

82N31 480801 Lufkin TX TTA Dick N Richards $3.75
82S31 480801 Lufkin TX TTA William G Moore $3.00

82E32 471011 Uvalde TX TTA TK Lee $3.75
82W32 471011 Uvalde TX TTA ML Jensen $2.25

82W33 490723 Beeville TX TTA LB Simmons $3.00
82E33 490723 Beeville TX TTA LB Simmons $4.50

82W34 490816 Coleman TX TTA Earl B Archer $6.00
82E34 490816 Coleman TX TTA AJ High $3.00

82N35 491101 Crystal City TX TTA WA Williamson $2.25
82N36 491101 Carrizo Springs TX TTA WA Williamson $3.75
82S36 491101 Carrizo Springs TX TTA Sidney G Sims $4.50
82S35 491101 Crystal City TX TTA Sidney G Sims $4.50

82W37 471011 McCamey TX TTA WA Williamson $2.25
82E37 471011 McCamey TX TTA RM Boyd $3.75

82NW38 500810 Fort Stockton TX TTA Ted M Foulk $22.50
82W39 500810 Pecos TX TTA Ted M Foulk $2.25
82E40 500810 El Paso TX TTA Ted M Foulk $19.50
82SE39 500810 Pecos TX TTA Ted M Foulk $4.50

82N41 500903 Mission TX TTA Leon J Hassler $2.25
82N42 500903 McAllen TX TTA Leon J Hassler $3.00
82N43 500903 Edinburg TX TTA Leon J Hassler $3.00
82N44 500903 Alice TX TTA Leon J Hassler $2.25
82N45 500903 Corpus Christi TX TTA Leon J Hassler $3.00
82NW46 500903 Beeville - San Antonio TX TTA Leon J Hassler $3.00
82SE47 500903 San Antonio TX TTA Leon J Hassler $3.00
82NE46 500903 Beeville - Victoria TX TTA Dick N Richards $33.75
82SW48 500903 Victoria TX TTA WW Pulliam $3.00
82S46 500903 Beeville TX TTA Leon J Hassler $4.50
82S45 500903 Corpus Christi TX TTA WW Pulliam $4.50
82S44 500903 Alice TX TTA Leon J Hassler $6.00

82NW49 510406 Tyler TX TTA WA Williamson $2.25
82SE49 510406 Tyler TX TTA Leon J Hassler $3.75

82N50 510920 Nacogdoches TX TTA Sidney G Sims $2.25
82S50 510920 Nacogdoches TX TTA Sidney G Sims $4.50

East-West
82E51 530628 Dallas TX TTA Robert H Carle $3.00
82E51f 530628 Dallas TX TTA Robert H Carle $2.25
82E52 530628 Tyler TX TTA Robert H Carle $7.50
82E53 530628 Texarkana TX TTA Robert H Carle $3.00
82E54 530628 Hot Springs AR TTA Robert H Carle $3.75
82E56 530628 Pine Bluff AR TTA Robert H Carle $3.75
82E57 530628 Stuttgard AR TTA Robert H Carle $4.50
82E58 530628 Helena AR TTA Robert H Carle $4.50
82W59 530628 Memphis TN TTA Larry McCullough $3.00
82W59f 530628 Memphis TN TTA Larry McCullough $3.00
82W58 530628 Helena AR TTA Larry McCullough $3.00
82W57 530628 Stuttgard AR TTA Larry McCullough $2.25
82W56 530628 Pine Bluff AR TTA Larry McCullough $3.00
82W55 530628 Little Rock AR TTA Larry McCullough $4.50
82W54 530628 Hot Springs AR TTA Larry McCullough $3.00
82W53 530628 Texarkana TX TTA Larry McCullough $3.75
82W52 530628 Tyler TX TTA Larry McCullough $13.50
South-North
82E55 530628 Little Rock AR TTA Edward P Andreas $3.00
82S56 530628 Pine Bluff AR TTA Edward P Andreas $6.00
82S60 530628 Camden AR TTA Edward P Andreas $3.00
82S61 530628 El Dorado AR TTA Edward P Andreas $3.00
82N62 530628 Shreveport LA TTA Edward P Andreas $3.00
82N61 530628 El Dorado AR TTA Edward P Andreas $4.50
82N60 530628 Camden AR TTA Edward P Andreas $4.50

82N63 530720 San Benito TX TTA WW Pulliam $2.25
82S63 530720 San Benito TX TTA WW Pulliam $3.75

82E64 530802 San Antonio TX TTA DK Steele $3.00
82E65 530802 Austin TX TTA DK Steele $6.00
82E66 530802 College Station TX TTA DK Steele $6.00
82E67 530802 Bryan TX TTA DK Steele $6.00
82E68 530802 Tyler TX TTA DK Steele $6.00
82E69 530802 Longview TX TTA DK Steele $4.50
82E70 530802 Kilgore TX TTA DK Steele $4.50
82E71 530802 Gladwater TX TTA DK Steele $6.00
82E72 530802 Marshall TX TTA DK Steele $4.50
82W73 530802 Shreveport LA TTA WS Benedict $3.00
82W72 530802 Marshall TX TTA WS Benedict $2.25
82W71 530802 Gladwater TX TTA WS Benedict $3.00
82W70 530802 Kilgore TX TTA WS Benedict $3.75
82W69 530802 Longview TX TTA WS Benedict $3.75
82W68 530802 Tyler TX TTA WS Benedict $6.00
82W67 530802 Bryan TX TTA WS Benedict $3.00
82W66 530802 College Station TX TTA WS Benedict $3.00
82W65 530802 Austin TX TTA WS Benedict $3.00

82N74 531101 Magnolia TX TTA Ted M Foulk $4.50
82S74 531101 Magnolia TX TTA Ted M Foulk $2.25

82N75 540102 San Antonio TX TTA Larry E McCullough $3.75
82N76 540102 Kerrville TX TTA Larry E McCullough $3.00
82S77 540102 Brownwood TX TTA James R Lee $3.75
82S76 540102 Kerrville TX TTA James R Lee $3.00

82N78 540502 Brady TX TTA GW Hargadine $2.25
82S78 540502 Brady TX TTA GW Hargadine $3.75

TTA
Douglas DC-3

82N79 560122 Lafayette LA TTA Bert L Shoemake $6.00
82N79A 560122 New Iberia LA TTA Bert L Shoemake $187.50
82N80 560122 Lake Charles LA TTA Bert L Shoemake $6.00
82S81 560122 Shreveport LA TTA Bert L Shoemake $19.50

82S82 590606 Lafayette LA TTA CJ Shankin $24.00
82N83 590606 New Orleans LA TTA CJ Shankin $3.75
82N83f 590606 New Orleans LA TTA CJ Shankin $3.75
82S84 590606 De Ridder LA TTA CJ Shankin $3.00
82N84 590606 De Ridder LA TTA CJ Shankin $3.00

82S85 590615 Alexandria LA TTA George Cloud $2.25
82S86 590615 Monroe LA TTA TQ Raney $3.00
82N86 590615 Monroe LA TTA Frederick H Smalley $7.50
82N85 590615 Alexandria LA TTA TQ Raney $19.50

82E87 590622 Alexandria LA TTA Leon J Hassler $10.50
82E88 590622 Natchez MS TTA Leon J Hassler $6.00
82W89 590622 Jackson MS TTA TQ Raney $3.00
82W88 590622 Natchez MS TTA TQ Raney $3.75

82W90 590801 San Angelo TX TTA WT Todd $10.50
82E91 590801 Midland TX TTA WT Todd $2.25
82E92 590801 Odessa TX TTA WT Todd $2.25

82SW93 610415 Jonesboro AR TTA WA Williamson $2.25
82NE93 610415 Jonesboro AR TTA CL O'Daniel $4.50

82N94 610801 Morgan City LA TTA LB Gordon Jr $2.25
82S94 610801 Morgan City LA TTA RH Bierschmitt $2.25

82W95 631027 Abilene TX TTA JC Davis Jr $4.50
82W96 631027 Big Spring TX TTA JC Davis Jr $3.75
82E96 631027 Big Spring TX TTA Gordon J Darnell $6.00
82E95 631027 Abilene TX TTA Gordon J Darnell $4.50

82N97 631027 Big Spring TX TTA HW Feuchter $7.50
82W98 631027 Lubbock TX TTA HW Feuchter $3.75
82W99 631027 Clovis NM TTA HW Feuchter $3.75
82W100 631027 Santa Fe NM TTA HW Feuchter $3.75
82E101 631027 Albuquerque NM TTA Robert L Street $3.75
82E101f 631027 Albuquerque NM TTA Robert L Street $3.75
82E100 631027 Santa Fe NM TTA Robert L Street $13.50
82E99 631027 Clovis NM TTA Robert L Street $6.00
82E98 631027 Lubbock TX TTA Robert L Street $10.50

82W102 631105 Hobbs NM TTA Glenn W Spencer $3.00
82W103 631105 Carlsbad NM TTA Glenn W Spencer $3.00
82NW104 631105 Roswell NM TTA Glenn W Spencer $3.00
82E104 631105 Roswell NM TTA Glenn W Spencer $6.00
82E103 631105 Carlsbad NM TTA Glenn W Spencer $4.50
82E102 631105 Hobbs NM TTA Glenn W Spencer $7.50
82SW104 631105 Roswell NM TTA JC Davis $7.50

82N105 631112 Lubbock TX TTA Edward P Andreas $10.50
82S106 631112 Amarillo TX TTA Edward P Andreas $3.00

82SW107 641215 Fort Polk LA TTA JC Fontaine $7.50

TTA
Convair 240

82S108 670114 Harlingen TX to Tampico Mexico TTA AJ High $3.75
82N109 670114 Tampico Mexico TTA AJ High $30.00
82S110 670114 Harlingen TX to Veracruz Mexico TTA AA Speegle $22.50

82NW111 681027 Wichita Falls TX TTA TK Lee $3.00
82SE111 681027 Wichita Falls TX TTA TK Lee $19.50

        On April 1, 1969 Trans-Texas airways changed its name to Texas International Airlines.

TIA
Convair 600

82NW112 690602 Amarillo TX TIA Dick N Richards $7.50
82SE113 690602 Denver CO TIA TQ Raney $3.75
82SE113f 690602 Denver CO TIA TQ Raney $3.75

82W114 700115 Albuquerque NM TIA AJ High $22.50
82W114f 700115 Albuquerque NM TIA AJ High $6.00
82E115 700115 Los Angeles CA TIA Harold R Green $3.00
82E115f 700115 Los Angeles CA TIA Harold R Green $3.00

82W116 700301 Denver CO TIA James R Cowart $6.00
82W116f 700301 Denver CO TIA James R Cowart $7.50
82E117 700301 Salt Lake City UT TIA James R Cowart $3.75
82E117f 700301 Salt Lake City UT TIA James R Cowart $3.75

TIA
Douglas DC-9

82S118 721201 Houston TX TIA Floyd E Carpenter $90.00
82S118f 721201 Houston TX TIA Floyd E Carpenter $6.00
82N119 721201 Mexico City Mexico via McAllen TX TIA TA Allen $52.50

82N120 780615 Dallas TX TIA RM Walters $4.00
82N120f 780615 Dallas TX TIA RM Walters $3.00
82N121 780615 Fort Worth TX TIA RM Walters $4.00
82S122 780615 Kansas City MO TIA RM Walters $3.00

82W123 780928 Dallas TX TIA F Howard Gay $6.00
82W123f 780928 Dallas TX TIA F Howard Gay $4.00
82W124 780928 Fort Worth TX TIA F Howard Gay $4.50
82E125 780928 Las Vegas NV TIA F Howard Gay $4.00

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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