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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-100: AM-100 was awarded to the Flying Tiger Line. Robert Prescott returned to the US in November 1944 and after meeting Los Angeles oil pioneer and magnate, Samuel B. Mosher's associates founded the Flying Tiger Line. The Flying Tiger Line purchased fourteen war surplus Navy Budd Conestoga cargo aircraft and arranged for financial assistance from friends. Almost immediately the Flying Tiger Line landed their first three cargo loads -- a planeload of grapes from Bakersfield to Atlanta, flowers from California to Detroit and furniture from New York to California. The Flying Tiger Line was off the ground. AM-100 was awarded to the Flying Tiger Line and on May 28, 1956 it began transcontinental flight service between the east and west coasts of the US.
        Various cargo aircraft were added to their fleet including the Douglas DC-6A which could carry 32,000 pounds of cargo at 275 miles per hour with a 2,000 mile range. The DC-6A carried more, cheaper and faster than any aircraft flying at that time.
FTL
Douglas DC-6A

100W1 560528 Boston MA FTL VL Wastman $90.00
100W1f 560528 Boston MA FTL VL Wastman $19.50
100W2 560528 Hartford CT FTL VL Wastman $26.25
100W3 560528 Newark NJ FTL HJ Wall & ME Canaday $33.75
100W3f 560528 Newark NJ FTL HJ Wall & ME Canaday $33.75
100W4 560528 Philadelphia PA FTL ME Canaday $75.00
100W4f 560528 Philadelphia PA FTL ME Canaday $52.50
100W5f 560528 Cleveland OH FTL VL Wastman $22.50
100W6 560528 Detroit MI FTL JP Urnezis $67.50
100W6f 560528 Detroit MI FTL JP Urnezis $45.00
100W8 560528 Milwaukee WI FTL JP Urnezis $37.50
100E12 560528 Los Angeles CA FTL RH Martin $37.50
100E11 560528 San Francisco CA FTL RN Neff $33.75
100E11f 560528 San Francisco CA FTL RN Neff $45.00
100E10 560528 St Paul MN FTL RL Bentley $37.50
100E9 560528 Minneapolis MN FTL RL Bentley $67.50
100E9f 560528 Minneapolis MN FTL RL Bentley $52.50
100E8 560528 Milwaukee WI FTL RL Bentley $37.50
100E7 560528 Chicago IL FTL JH Bliss $30.00
100E7f 560528 Chicago IL FTL JH Bliss $37.50
100E6 560528 Detroit MI FTL RL Bentley $37.50
100E6f 560528 Detroit MI FTL RL Bentley $45.00
100E5f 560528 Cleveland OH FTL RL Bentley $26.25

100N13 780306 Atlanta GA FTL BJ O'Hara $105.00
100N13f 780306 Atlanta GA FTL BJ O'Hara $105.00

100S14 780717 Detroit MI FTL $113.00
100N15f 780717 Cincinnati OH FTL $113.00

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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