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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-90: AM-90 was awarded to Mid-West Airlines. Following WW-I John Livingston began his career in aviation working as a mechanic at Miller Scales Aviation Company. He began flying airplanes in 1919 and went to work for the Iowa Airplane Company (formed in 1933) as an aircraft salesman. Years later in 1949, Livingston bought out Iowa Airplane and re-named it Mid-West Airways Corporation (aka Mid-West Airlines). AM-90 was awarded to Mid-West Airlines and on October 21, 1949 it inaugurated flight services between Minneapolis/St Paul MN and Omaha/Council Bluffs NE flying its fleet of six Cessna 190's.
MWA

90S1 491021 Minneapolis MN MWA Howard H Engstrom $3.00
90S1f 491021 Minneapolis MN MWA Howard H Engstrom $2.25
90S2 491021 St Paul MN MWA Howard H Engstrom $3.00
90S3 491021 Owatonna MN MWA Howard H Engstrom $3.00
90S4 491021 Faribault MN MWA Howard H Engstrom $3.75
90S5 491021 Rochester MN MWA Ralph B Redic $3.00
90S6 491021 Austin MN MWA Howard H Engstrom $3.00
90S7 491021 Albert Lea MN MWA Howard H Engstrom $3.00
90S8 491021 Mason City IA MWA Howard H Engstrom $3.00
90S9 491021 Boone IA MWA Howard H Engstrom $4.50
90S10 491021 Ames MN MWA Howard H Engstrom $4.50
90S11 491021 Des Moines IA MWA Howard H Engstrom $4.50
90S12 491021 Atlantic IA MWA Howard H Engstrom $6.00
90N14 491021 Omaha NE MWA Milford W Taylor $3.00
90N13 491021 Council Bluffs NE MWA Milford W Taylor $3.00

90N15 491128 Omaha NE MWA Milford W Taylor $3.00
90N15f 491128 Omaha NE MWA Milford W Taylor $3.00
90N16 491128 Council Bluffs NE MWA Milford W Taylor $3.00
90N17 491128 Fremont NE MWA Milford W Taylor $3.00
90N18 491128 Norfolk NE MWA Milford W Taylor $3.00
90N19 491128 Sioux City IA MWA Milford W Taylor $3.00
90N20 491128 Yankton SD MWA Milford W Taylor $3.75
90N21 491128 Sioux Falls SD MWA Milford W Taylor $4.50
90N22 491128 Mitchell SD MWA Milford W Taylor $4.50
90S23 491128 Huron SD MWA Robert W Hicks $3.00
90S22 491128 Mitchell SD MWA Robert W Hicks $3.00
90S21 491128 Sioux Falls SD MWA Robert W Hicks $3.75
90S20 491128 Yankton SD MWA Robert W Hicks $3.75
90S19 491128 Sioux City IA MWA Robert W Hicks $6.00
90S18 491128 Norfolk NE MWA Robert W Hicks $4.50
90S17 491128 Fremont NE MWA Robert W Hicks $3.75

90W24 491221 Omaha NE MWA Robert W Hicks $0
90W24f 491221 Omaha NE MWA Robert W Hicks $0
90W25 491221 Council Bluffs NE MWA Robert W Hicks $0
90W26 491221 Lincoln NE MWA Robert W Hicks $0
90W27 491221 Beatrice NE MWA Robert W Hicks $0
90W28 491221 Fairbury NE MWA Robert W Hicks $0
90W29 491221 Hastings NE MWA Everett J Taylor $0
90W30 491221 Grand Island NE MWA Everett J Taylor $0
90W31 491221 Kearney NE MWA Everett J Taylor $0
90W32 491221 Lexington NE MWA Everett J Taylor $0
90W33 491221 McCook NE MWA Robert W Hicks $0
90E34 491221 North Platte NE MWA Everett J Taylor $0
90E33 491221 MeCook NE MWA Everett J Taylor $0
90E32 491221 Lexington NE MWA Everett J Taylor $0
90E31 491221 Kearney NE MWA Everett J Taylor $0
90E30 491221 Grand Island NE MWA Everett J Taylor $0
90E29 491221 Hastings NE MWA Wayne F Van Meter $0
90E28 491221 Fairbury NE MWA Wayne F Van Meter $0
90E27 491221 Beatrice NE MWA Wayne F Van Meter $0
90E26 491221 Lincoln NE MWA Wayne F Van Meter $0

90E35 500601 Creston IA MWA Matthew H Krebs $0
90W35 500601 Creston IA MWA Robert E Porter $0

90S36 501003 Columbus NE MWA Harry Brewer $0
90N36 501003 Columbus NE MWA George E Richardson $0

        Mid-West was acquired in November 1951 by the Purdue Foundation but ceased scheduled operations on May 16, 1952.

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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