CAM Contract Air Mail First Flights AM-94

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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-94: AM-94 was awarded to Robinson Airlines. Cecil Robinson provided aerial photography mapping for the government out of Ithaca Municipal Airport flying two four-place monoplanes. In 1945 at the end of WW-II Robinson Airlines began flight operations while headquartered at Ithaca NY flying single engined, three passenger Fairchild F-24 aircraft. AM-94 was awarded to Robinson Airlines and on September 19, 1948 Robinson began scheduled Douglas DC-3 flights between New York City and Buffalo NY.

94W1 480919 New York City NY RA Robert H Hancock $2.25

94W2 480919 Binghamton NY RA Robert H Hancock $2.25

94W3 480919 Endicott NY RA Robert H Hancock $3.00

94W4 480919 Johnson City NY RA Robert H Hancock $3.75

94W5 480919 Ithaca NY RA Robert H Hancock $3.00

94W6 480919 Rochester NY RA Robert H Hancock $3.75

94E7 480919 Buffalo NY RA Robert H Hancock $3.00

94E7f 480919 Buffalo NY RA Robert H Hancock $2.25

94E6 480919 Rochester NY RA Robert H Hancock $3.75

94E5 480919 Ithaca NY RA John H Ganley $2.25

94E4 480919 Johnson City NY RA John H Ganley $3.00

94E3 480919 Endicott NY RA John H Ganley $4.50

94E2 480919 Binghamton NY RA John H Ganley $2.25

94W7 480926 Buffalo NY RA John H Ganley $22.50

94W7f 480926 Buffalo NY RA John H Ganley $37.50

94E8 480926 Niagara Falls NY RA John H Ganley $2.25

94S9 481108 Ithaca NY RA John H Ganley $15.00

94E10 481108 Elmira NY RA John H Ganley $4.50

94E11 481108 Corning NY RA John H Ganley $4.50

94E12 481108 Binghamton NY RA John H Ganley $15.00

94E13 481108 Endicott NY RA John H Ganley $15.00

94E14 481108 Johnson City NY RA John H Ganley $15.00

94W15 481108 Albany NY RA John H Ganley $2.25

94W14 481108 Johnson City NY RA John H Ganley $15.00

94W13 481108 Endicott NY RA John H Ganley $15.00

94W12 481108 Binghamtom NY RA John H Ganley $15.00

94N11 481108 Corning NY RA John H Ganley $3.00

94N10 481108 Elmira NY RA John H Ganley $3.00

94S16 490210 Syracuse NY RA John H Ganley $2.25

94N17 490210 Ithaca NY RA Carl A Benscoter $97.50

94E18 480926 Niagara Falls NY RA John H Ganley $90.00

94S19 500830 Utica NY RA Robert H Hancock $2.25

94S20 500830 Rome NY RA Robert H Hancock $2.25

94N21 500830 Newark NJ RA Stephen G Gondik $11.25

94N21f 500830 Newark NJ RA Stephen G Gondik $11.25

        In early 1952 Robinson Airlines was purchased by Robert Peach and its name changed to Mohawk Airlines.

Douglas DC-3

94N22 520712 Utica NY MA Robert Gulick $27.00

94N23 520712 Rome NY MA Robert Gulick $19.50

94S24 520712 Watertown NY MA Robert Gulick $3.75

94W25 530609 Elmira NY MA George W Gebhardt $22.50

94W26 530609 Corning NY MA George W Gebhardt $16.50

94E27 530609 Bradford NY MA George W Gebhardt $3.75

94E28 530801 Albany NY MA Lawrence McDermott $3.00

94E29 530801 Schenectady NY MA Lawrence McDermott $10.50

94E30 530801 Troy NY MA Lawrence McDermott $10.50

94E31 530801 Pittsfield MA MA Robert Hancock $4.50

94E32 530801 Springfield MA MA Robert Burns $4.50

94E33 530801 Westfield MA MA Robert Burns $4.50

94E34 530801 Worcester MA MA Lawrence McDermott $3.00

94W35 530801 Boston MA MA Francis C Navin $2.25

94W35f 530801 Boston MA MA Francis C Navin $3.00

94W33 530801 Westfield MA MA Francis C Navin $3.00

94W32 530801 Speingfield MA MA Francis C Navin $3.00

94W31 530801 Pittsfield MA MA John Homa $3.00

94E36 540425 Keene NH MA Lawrence S Smith $3.00

94W36 540425 Keene NH MA Melvin N Chapman $6.00

94S37 540425 Auburn NY MA Francis C Navin $2.25

94S38 540425 Geneva NY MA Francis C Navin $3.00

94W38 540425 Geneva NY MA Mariano A DeLaurentis $112.50

94W37 540425 Auburn NY MA Mariano A DeLaurentis $7.50

94S39 540607 Liberty NY MA Gustav Crawford $2.25

94S40 540607 Monticello NY MA Gustav Crawford $2.25

Convair 240

94W41 550315 White Plains NY MA Norman C Seeback $2.25

94E42 551201 Binghamton NY MA Adelbert E Simmons $16.50

94E43 551201 Endicott NY MA Adelbert E Simmons $27.00

94E44 551201 Johnson City NY MA Adelbert E Simmons $67.50

94W45 551201 Poughkeepsie NY MA Adelbert E Simmons $11.25

94W46 561201 Buffalo NY MA Robert H Hancock $30.00

94W46f 561201 Buffalo NY MA Robert H Hancock $37.50

94W47 561201 Erie PA MA Robert H Hancock $6.00

94E48 561201 Detroit MI MA Robert H Hancock $37.50

94E47 561201 Erie PA MA Robert H Hancock $7.50

94S49 570702 Ogdensburg NY MA Richard M Dennis $2.25

94N50 570702 Rome NY MA Richard M Dennis $33.75

94N51 570702 Utica NY MA Richard M Dennis $75.00

94W52 600516 Providence RI MA William Titian $2.25

94W53 600623 Elmira NY MA Howard Landsman $19.50

94W54 600623 Corning NY MA Howard Landsman $19.50

94W55 600623 Jamestown NY MA Andrew DiBello $2.25

94E56 600623 Cleveland OH MA Andrew DiBello $2.25

94E56f 600623 Cleveland OH MA Andrew DiBello $3.00

94E55 600623 Jamestown NY MA Andrew DiBello $4.50

94E57 600623 Olean NY MA Robert J Travis $2.25

Martin 404

94N58 610515 Watertown NY MA Andrew DiBello $24.00

94S59 610515 Massena NY MA Herbert M Silvera $2.25

94S60 610515 Elmira NY MA CF Boivin $6.00

94S61 610515 Corning NY MA CF Boivin $6.00

94N62 610515 Pittsburgh PA MA Charles W Ennis $2.25

94N62f 610515 Pittsburgh PA MA Charles W Ennis $2.25

Convair 440

94N63 630617 Buffalo NY MA Ralph T Colliander $2.25

94N63f 630617 Buffalo NY MA Ralph T Colliander $2.25

94S64f 630617 Toronto Canada MA Edgar A LaQuerre $52.50

Fairchild FH-227

94S65 660701 Elmira NY MA Gerald Munn $3.00

94S66 660701 Corning NY MA Gerald Munn $3.00

94N67 660701 Washington DC MA Gerald Munn $3.00

94N67f 660701 Washington DC MA Gerald Munn $3.00

94S68 660915 Elmira NY MA Hiram L Allen $3.00

94S69 660915 Corning NY MA Hiram L Allen $3.00

94N70 660915 Philadelphia PA MA Hiram L Allen $3.00

94N70f 660915 Philadelphia PA MA Hiram L Allen $3.75

94N71 670524 Burlington VT MA Gustav L Crawford $19.50

94S72 670906 Albany NY MA James Ferguson $19.50

94S73 670906 Bridgeport CT MA James Ferguson $30.00

94S74 670906 New Haven CT MA James Ferguson $3.75

94N75 670906 Islip NY MA James Ferguson $2.25

94N74 670906 New Haven CT MA James Ferguson $45.00

94N73 670906 Bridgeport NY MA James Ferguson $2.25

BAC-111

94W76 700106 Buffalo NY MA James E Johnson $3.75

94W76f 700106 Buffalo NY MA James E Johnson $3.00

94E77 700106 Saint Paul MN MA James E Johnson $3.00

94E77A 700106 Twin City Airport MN MA James E Johnson $3.75

94E78 700106 Minneapolis MN MA James E Johnson $3.00

94W79 710509 Erie PA MA Robert W Lewis $6.00

94E80 710509 Chicago IL MA Robert W Lewis $3.00

        In April 11, 1972 Mohawk Airlines made its last flight and the next day became part of Allegheny Airlines.

BAC-111
        Allegheny Airlines eventually became USAir in the late 1970s and then changed its name to US Airways in the late 1990s.

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