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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-1001: AM-1001 was awarded to All American Aviation. All American Aviation (AAA) was founded in 1937 by the "du Pont" brothers (Richard C & Alexis F). AAA was successful winning the bid from the Post Office Department for two experimental air mail routes. This experimental air service was to test the feasibility of feeder lines to serve the smaller communities where airport facilities or volume of mail were insufficient to justify full air mail service. It would radiate from terminal city hubs and would utilize the rugged Stinson Reliant aircraft. The Stinson was equipped with a long take-up boom with a hook and a winch that operated through an opening in the fuselage. The Stinson would swoop down snatching the container of mail suspended on a rope between two poles.
         This nonstop airmail pickup and delivery system was invented by Lytle S Adams who sold AAA his patent rights. In order to teach and familiarize personnel with this new procedure, Experimental Route 1001 (from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia) was inaugurated in four stages on May 14, June 4, June 18 and July 2, 1939.
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P1W1 390514 Philadelphia PA AAA Camille Vinet/Holger Hoiriis $3.00
P1W1f 390514 Camden Airfield AAA Camille Vinet/Holger Hoiriis $16.50
P1W2 390514 Coatesville PA AAA Camille Vinet/Holger Hoiriis $3.00
P1W3 390514 Gettysburg PA AAA Camille Vinet/Holger Hoiriis $3.00
P1W4 390514 Clearfield PA AAA Camille Vinet/Holger Hoiriis $3.00
P1W5 390514 DuBois PA AAA Camille Vinet/Holger Hoiriis $3.00
P1W6 390514 Warren PA AAA Camille Vinet/Holger Hoiriis $3.00
P1W7 390514 Corry PA AAA Camille Vinet/Holger Hoiriis $3.75
P1W8 390514 Grove City PA AAA Camille Vinet/Holger Hoiriis $3.00
P1E9 390514 Pittsburgh PA AAA Thomas T Kincheloe/RN Elder $3.00
P1E9f 390514 Pittsburgh PA AAA Thomas T Kincheloe/RN Elder $13.50
P1E8 390514 Grove City PA AAA Thomas T Kincheloe/RN Elder $3.00
P1E7 390514 Corry PA AAA Thomas T Kincheloe/RN Elder $3.75
P1E6 390514 Warren PA AAA Thomas T Kincheloe/RN Elder $3.00
P1E5 390514 DuBois PA AAA Thomas T Kincheloe/RN Elder $3.00
P1E4 390514 Clearfield PA AAA Thomas T Kincheloe/RN Elder $4.50
P1E3 390514 Gettysburg PA AAA Thomas T Kincheloe/RN Elder $3.00
P1E2 390514 Coatesville PA AAA Thomas T Kincheloe/RN Elder $3.75

P1W10 390604 Wilmington DE AAA TT Kincheloe $3.00
P1W11 390604 York PA AAA TT Kincheloe $3.00
P1W12 390604 Mount Union PA AAA TT Kincheloe $3.00
P1W13 390604 Tyrone PA AAA TT Kincheloe $4.50
P1W14 390604 Kane PA AAA TT Kincheloe $3.75
P1W15 390604 Oil City PA AAA TT Kincheloe $3.00
P1W16 390604 Franklin PA AAA TT Kincheloe $3.00
P1E16 390604 Franklin PA AAA Holger Hoiriis $4.50
P1E15 390604 Oil City PA AAA Holger Hoiriis $3.75
P1E14 390604 Kane PA AAA Holger Hoiriis $3.75
P1E13 390604 Tyrone PA AAA Holger Hoiriis $4.50
P1E12 390604 Mount Union PA AAA Holger Hoiriis $3.75
P1E11 390604 York PA AAA Holger Hoiriis $3.75
P1E10 390604 Wilmington DE AAA Holger Hoiriis $9.00

P1W17 390618 Lancaster PA AAA TT Kincheloe $3.00
P1W18 390618 Chambersburg PA AAA TT Kincheloe $3.75
P1W19 390618 Huntington PA AAA TT Kincheloe $3.00
P1W20 390618 Butler PA AAA TT Kincheloe $3.75
P1E20 390618 Butler PA AAA Camills Vinet $3.75
P1E19 390618 Huntington PA AAA Camills Vinet $3.00
P1E18 390618 Chambersburg PA AAA Camills Vinet $3.75
P1E17 390618 Lancaster PA AAA Camills Vinet $4.50

P1W21 390702 West Chester PA AAA Holger Hoiriis $3.00
P1W22 390702 Columbia PA AAA Holger Hoiriis $3.00
P1W23 390702 Hanover PA AAA Holger Hoiriis $3.75
P1W24 390702 Altoona PA AAA Holger Hoiriis $3.75
P1W25 390702 Ridgway PA AAA Holger Hoiriis $3.00
P1W26 390702 Titusville PA AAA Holger Hoiriis $3.00
P1W27 390702 Natrona PA AAA Holger Hoiriis $3.00
P1W28 390702 New Kensington PA AAA Holger Hoiriis $3.75
P1E28 390702 New Kensington PA AAA TT Kincheloe $4.50
P1E27 390702 Natrona PA AAA TT Kincheloe $3.75
P1E26 390702 Titusville PA AAA TT Kincheloe $3.75
P1E25 390702 Ridgway PA AAA TT Kincheloe $3.75
P1E24 390702 Altoona PA AAA TT Kincheloe $3.75
P1E23 390702 Hanover PA AAA TT Kincheloe $4.50
P1E22 390702 Columbia PA AAA TT Kincheloe $9.00
P1E21 390702 West Chester PA AAA TT Kincheloe $3.75

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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