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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-101: AM-101 was awarded to Slick Airways. Slick Airways was founded in January 1946 by Earl F. Slick. Slick Airways began operations on March 4, 1946 with a fleet of ten Curtiss C-46E aircraft purchased from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
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        In 1952 Slick Airways was the largest all-cargo commercial operator in the US followed by the Flying Tiger Line whose main business was from military contracts. With the increasing competition of passenger airlines trying to sell their excessive freight capacities, Slick was forced to enter into merger negotiations with Flying Tigers. The two airlines agreed to merge on March 26, 1953 and the CAB approved the merger on January 7, 1954 but the deal feel through on September 20, 1954. AM-101 was awarded to Slick 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.
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101W1 560528 Boston MA SA Chilton L Gates $90.00
101W1f 560528 Boston MA SA Chilton L Gates $13.50
101W2 560528 Hartford CT SA Chilton L Gates $26.25
101W3 560528 Newark NJ SA EO Haium $27.00
101W3f 560528 Newark NJ SA EO Haium $24.00
101W4 560528 Philadelphia PA SA Raymond K Bell $33.75
101W4f 560528 Philadelphia PA SA Raymond K Bell $16.50
101W5 560528 Baltimore MD SA Raymond K Bell $52.50
101W7 560528 Detroit MI SA William H Keeton $82.50
101W7f 560528 Detroit MI SA William H Keeton $60.00
101W8 560528 Chicago IL SA Vernon S Jensen $37.50
101W8f 560528 Chicago IL SA Vernon S Jensen $41.25
101W10 560528 Kansas City MO SA Raymond T Grainger $33.75
101W10f 560528 Kansas City MO SA Raymond T Grainger $33.75
101E15 560528 Los Angeles CA SA Patrick J Durnan $27.00
101E14 560528 San Francisco CA SA James W Dillahunt $19.50
101E14f 560528 San Francisco CA SA James W Dillahunt $37.50
101E13 560528 San Antonio TX SA Ernest H Thorp $37.50
101E12 560528 Fort Worth TX SA Ernest H Thorp $30.00
101E11 560528 Dallas TX SA Ernest H Thorp $60.00
101E11f 560528 Dallas TX SA Ernest H Thorp $30.00
101E10 560528 Kansas City MO SA WH Fry $30.00
101E10f 560528 Kansas City MO SA WH Fry $22.50
101E9 560528 St Louis MO SA WH Fry $45.00
101E9f 560528 St Louis MO SA WH Fry $33.75
101E8 560528 Chicago IL SA Harold A Freeman $37.50
101E8f 560528 Chicago IL SA Harold A Freeman $37.50
101E7 560528 Detroit MI SA AA Sorenson $30.00
101E7f 560528 Detroit MI SA AA Sorenson $30.00
101E6f 560528 Cleveland OH SA AA Sorenson $30.00

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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