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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-98: AM-98 was awarded to Southern Airways. In June 1936 Frank Hulse and Ike Jones bought a controlling interest in Southern Airways of Georgia, a fixed-base operator and flight school. In 1941 Southern Airways of Georgia (aka Southern Airways) applied for Civil Aeronautics Board certification to become a local service air carrier in eight southeastern states but this was interupted by WW-II. AM-98 was awarded to Southern Airways and on June 10, 1949 began scheduled flight service between Memphis TN and Atlanta GA flying Douglas DC-3 aircraft.
SA

98E1 490610 Memphis TN SA George L Bradford $3.00
98E1f 490610 Memphis TN SA George L Bradford $2.25
98E2 490610 Columbus MS SA George L Bradford $4.50
98E3 490610 Tuscaloosa AL SA George L Bradford $4.50
98E4 490610 Birmingham AL SA George L Bradford $6.00
98E4f 490610 Birmingham AL SA George L Bradford $4.50
98E5 490610 Gadsden AL SA George L Bradford $4.50
98W6 490610 Atlanta GA SA George L Bradford $3.00
98W6f 490610 Atlanta GA SA George L Bradford $2.25
98W5 490610 Gadsden AL SA George L Bradford $3.00
98W4 490610 Birmingham AL SA George L Bradford $3.00
98W4f 490610 Birmingham AL SA George L Bradford $2.25
98W3 490610 Tuscaloosa AL SA George L Bradford $3.00
98W2 490610 Columbus MS SA George L Bradford $3.00

98S6 490625 Atlanta GA SA JW Kendall $3.75
98S6f 490625 Atlanta GA SA JW Kendall $2.25
98S7 490625 LaGrange GA SA JW Kendall $3.00
98S8 490625 Columbus GA SA JW Kendall $3.00
98S9 490625 Albany GA SA JW Kendall $3.00
98S10 490625 Moultrie GA SA JW Kendall $3.00
98S11 490625 Valdosta GA SA JW Kendall $3.00
98N12 490625 Jacksonville FL SA JW Kendall $3.00
98N12f 490625 Jacksonville FL SA JW Kendall $3.75
98N11 490625 Valdosta GA SA JW Kendall $4.50
98N10 490625 Moultrie GA SA JW Kendall $60.00
98N9 490625 Albany GA SA JW Kendall $4.50
98N8 490625 Columbus GA SA JW Kendall $6.00
98N7 490625 LaGrange GA SA JW Kendall $6.00

98E13 490805 Atlanta GA SA William G Feagin $3.00
98E13f 490805 Atlanta GA SA William G Feagin $2.25
98E14 490805 Athens GA SA William G Feagin $2.25
98E15 490805 Greenwood SC SA William G Feagin $2.25
98E16 490805 Greenville SC SA William G Feagin $3.00
98E17 490805 Spartanburg SC SA William G Feagin $3.00
98W18 490805 Charlotte NC SA William G Feagin $2.25
98W17 490805 Spartanburg SC SA William G Feagin $4.50
98W16 490805 Greenville SC SA William G Feagin $3.75
98W15 490805 Greenwood SC SA William G Feagin $3.75
98W14 490805 Athens NC SA William G Feagin $3.75

98E19 490915 Columbus GA SA Charles A Stokes $3.00
98E20 490915 Macon GA SA Charles A Stokes $3.00
98E21 490915 Augusta GA SA Charles A Stokes $3.00
98W22 490915 Charleston SC SA Charles A Stokes $3.00
98W21 490915 Augusta GA SA Charles A Stokes $4.50
98W20 490915 Macon GA SA Charles A Stokes $6.00

98S23 501025 Memphis TN SA Charles A Stokes $3.00
98S23f 501025 Memphis TN SA Charles A Stokes $3.00
98S24 501025 Clarksdale MS SA Charles A Stokes $6.00
98S25 501025 Greenville MS SA Charles A Stokes $3.75
98S26 501025 Vicksburg MS SA Charles A Stokes $4.50
98N27 501025 Jackson MS SA George Kelly $3.00
98N26 501025 Vicksburg MS SA George Kelly $2.25
98N25 501025 Greenville MS SA George Kelly $2.25
98N24 501025 Clarksdale MS SA George Kelly $3.00

98NE27 501025 Jackson MS SA George L Bradford $2.25
98SW28 501025 Columbus GA SA George L Bradford $3.00

98SE29 501209 Jackson MS SA Ben T Epps $3.00
98SE30 501209 Laurel MS SA Ben T Epps $3.00
98SE31 501209 Hattiesburg MS SA Ben T Epps $3.00
98NW32 501209 Mobile AL SA Ben T Epps $3.00
98NW31 501209 Hattiesburg MS SA Charles A Stokes $3.75
98NW30 501209 Laurel MS SA Charles A Stokes $3.75

98SW33 510115 Jackson MS SA George L Bradford $3.75
98S34 510115 Natchez MS SA George L Bradford $3.00
98S35 510115 Baton Rouge LA SA George L Bradford $3.00
98N36 510115 New Orleans LA SA George L Bradford $3.00
98N36f 510115 New Orleans LA SA George L Bradford $3.00
98N35 510115 Baton Rouge LA SA George L Bradford $6.00
98NE34 510115 Natchez MS SA George L Bradford $6.00

98E37 510620 Tupelo MS SA Charles A Stokes $2.25
98W37 510620 Tupelo MS SA Wallace P Wigley $6.00

98S38 530613 Monroe LA SA Walter Green $2.25
98N38 530613 Monroe LA SA Frank H Abbott $3.75

98S39 560629 Columbus GA SA WS Magill $10.50
98S40 560629 Dothan GA SA WS Magill $13.50
98N41 560629 Panama City FL SA WS Magill $10.50
98N40 560629 Dothan GA SA WS Magill $19.50

98S42 570903 Dothan AL SA George Kelley $13.50
98N43 570903 Eglin AFB FL SA Howard P Sills $2.25

98W44 581201 Anniston AL SA Charles A Stokes $3.00
98E44 581201 Anniston AL SA James F Glover $6.00

98N45 590701 University MS SA JW Godwin $6.00
98N46 590701 Oxford MS SA JW Godwin $4.50
98N47 590701 Bogalusa LA SA JW Godwin $2.25
98S47 590701 Bogalusa LA SA WA Coulon $3.00
98S46 590701 Oxford MS SA WA Coulon $3.00
98S45 590701 University MS SA WA Coulon $3.00

SA
Douglas DC-3

North-South
98N48 600226 Columbus MS SA Wallace P Wigley $10.50
98N49 600226 Florence AL SA Wallace P Wigley $4.50
98N50 600226 Sheffield AL SA Wallace P Wigley $6.00
98N51 600226 Tuscumbia AL SA Wallace P Wigley $6.00
98S52 600226 Nashville TN SA James F Glover $3.00
98S52f 600226 Nashville TN SA James F Glover $3.00
98S51 600226 Tuscumbia AL SA James F Glover $3.00
98S50 600226 Sheffield AL SA James F Glover $3.00
98S49 600226 Florence AL SA James F Glover $3.00
East-West
98E49 600226 Florence AL SA MM Tutwiler $16.50
98E50 600226 Sheffield AL SA MM Tutwiler $19.50
98E51 600226 Tuscumbia AL SA MM Tutwiler $19.50
98W51 600226 Tuscumbia AL SA Gordon W Cushing $19.50
98W50 600226 Sheffield AL SA Gordon W Cushing $10.50
98W49 600226 Florence AL SA Gordon W Cushing $16.50

98E53 600401 Decatur AL SA ME Ramsey $3.75
98W53 600401 Decatur AL SA Gordon W Cushing $3.75

98E54 600424 Selma AL SA David L Seitz $10.50
98E55 600424 Meridian MS SA David L Seitz $3.00
98NE56 600424 Hattiesburg MS SA David L Seitz $3.00
98S56 600424 Hattiesburg MS SA Walter M Green $10.50
98S55 600424 Meridian MS SA Walter M Green $7.50
98W54 600424 Selma AL SA Walter M Green $3.00

98E57 600820 Jackson TN SA Robert J Weidmayer $3.75
98W57 600820 Jackson TN SA William S Chapman $13.50

98E58 601101 Nashville TN SA Ernest Shelton $4.50
98E58f 601101 Nashville TN SA Ernest Shelton $6.00
98E59 601101 Knoxville TN SA Ernest Shelton $4.50
98W60 601101 Bristol TN SA Eugene N Hudman $3.00
98W62 601101 Johnson City TN SA Eugene N Hudman $3.00
98W63 601101 Kingsport TN SA Eugene N Hudman $3.00
98W61 601101 Bristol VA SA Eugene N Hudman $2.25
98W59 601101 Knoxville TN SA Eugene N Hudman $3.00

98E64 601115 Chattanooga TN SA Robert J Inman $3.00
98E65 601115 Shelbyville TN SA Robert J Inman $3.00
98E66 601115 Tullahoma TN SA Robert J Inman $3.00
98W66 601115 Tullahoma TN SA George E Chatham $3.75
98W65 601115 Shelbyville TN SA George E Chatham $6.00
98W64 601115 Chattanooga TN SA George E Chatham $6.00

98E67 610401 Corinth MS SA WS Chapman $3.00
98W67 610401 Corinth MS SA RE Dent $6.00

98E68 610601 Clarksville TN SA Lake L Kirby $3.00
98E69 610601 Paris TN SA Lake L Kirby $3.00
98E70 610601 Union City TN SA Lake L Kirby $2.25
98E71 610601 Dyersburg TN SA Lake L Kirby $3.00
98W71 610601 Dyersburg TN SA Lake L Kirby $6.00
98W70 610601 Union City TN SA Lake L Kirby $6.00
98W69 610601 Paris TN SA Lake L Kirby $6.00
98W68 610601 Clarksville TN SA Lake L Kirby $6.00

98E72 610701 Morristown TN SA William R Glover $4.50
98E73 610701 Pascagoula TN SA CJ Leonard $7.50
98W73 610701 Pascagoula TN SA JW Brock $2.25
98W72 610701 Morristown TN SA William R Glover $3.00

SA
Martin 404

98E74 620621 Columbia SC SA Howace W High $3.00
98W76 620621 Myrtle Beach SC SA Howace W High $3.00
98SE74 620621 Columbia SC SA O Edward Congden $18.75
98NW75 620621 Charleston SC SA O Edward Congden $2.25
98W74 620621 Columbia SC SA O Edward Congden $6.00

98E77 621028 Rockwood TN SA Lake L Kirby $3.75
98W77 621028 Rockwood TN SA Lake L Kirby $2.25

98N78 640701 Montgomery AL SA JH Ferrill $2.25
98S78 640701 Montgomery AL SA Yancey C Sims $6.00

98E79 641025 Anderson SC SA Raymond N Niehouse $3.00
98W79 641025 Anderson SC SA Raymond N Niehouse $6.00

SA
McDonnell Douglas DC-9

98W80 670709 Crossville TN SA Arhtur E Herron $2.25

98NE81 680903 Columbus GA SA Edward P Sills $16.50
98N82 680903 Washington DC SA Edward P Sills $3.00
98N82f 680903 Washington DC SA Edward P Sills $3.00
98S83 680903 New York NY SA Edward P Sills $3.00
98S83f 680903 New York NY SA Edward P Sills $3.75
98S82f 680903 Washington DC SA Edward P Sills $13.50

98N84f 690707 Memphis TN SA James S Boyd $22.50
98S85 690707 Saint Louis MO SA James S Boyd $3.75
98S85f 690707 Saint Louis MO SA James S Boyd $3.75

98S86 700215 Eglin AFB FL SA JW Godwin $6.00
98S87 700215 Tallahassee FL SA JW Godwin $4.50
98S88 700215 Orlando FL SA JW Godwin $16.50
98N89 700215 Miami FL SA Joseph H Ferrill $3.75
98N89f 700215 Miami FL SA Joseph H Ferrill $52.50
98N88 700215 Orlando FL SA Joseph H Ferrill $3.75
98N87 700215 Tallahassee FL SA JW Godwin $7.50

98N90 700401 Memphis TN SA JW Godwin $10.50
98N90f 700401 Memphis TN SA JW Godwin $10.50
98S91 700401 Chicago IL SA JW Godwin $3.75

SA
McDonnell Douglas DC-9

98N92 741204 Nashville TN SA Charles T Caswell $105.00
98N92f 741204 Nashville TN SA Charles T Caswell $6.00
98S93 741204 Detroit MI SA James E Smithey $3.00

98N94f 780701 Memphis TN-Milwaukee WI SA JT Knight $300.00
98S95 780701 Milwaukee WI-Memphis TN SA TM Shanahan $105.00
98N96f 780701 Memphis TN-Minneapolis/Saint Paul MN SA Daniel Luther Crumbliss $225.00
98S98 780701 Saint Paul MN SA Kenneth B Ulrich $113.00

98W99f 780701 Memphis TN SA Ray Alexander $188.00
98W100 780701 Wichita KS SA Ray Alexander $135.00
98E100 780701 Wichita KS SA Roscoe Morton $135.00

        Southern Airways merged with North Central Airlines to become Republic Airlines on July 1, 1979. Several years later on October 1, 1986 Northwest Airlines completed the acquisition of Republic Airlines.

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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