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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-103: AM-103 was awarded to San Francisco & Oakland Helicopter Airlines. San Francisco & Oakland Helicopter Airlines (aka SFO Helicopter Airlines) was formed in January 1961. It used Sikorsky S-61's and S-62's to connect San Francisco and Oakland with Bay Area locations. It's president, President, M F Bagen operated SFO Helicopter without a government subsidy. On July 12, 1962 the CAB granted SFO Helicopter Airlines an air taxi operator certificate authorizing it to carry air mail by helicopter in the San Francisco Bay area and on December 17, 1962 AM-103 air service was inaugurated. (Note: The CAB cancelled SFO Helicopter's certificate ending this service on December 22, 1976)
SFOHA

103NE1f 621217 San Francisco Airfield to Berkeley CA SFOHA LA Liddle $3.75
103SW2 621217 Berkeley CA SFOHA Arthur G Tobey $3.00
103E1f 621217 San Francisco Airfield to Oakland CA SFOHA Arthur G Tobey $3.75
103W3 621217 Oakland CA SFOHA MD Donovan $2.25

103N4f 640215 San Francisco CA SFOHA Arthur G Tobey $45.00
103S5 640215 San Rafael CA SFOHA Arthur G Tobey $45.00

103E6f 650415 San Francisco CA SFOHA -- $22.50
103W7 650415 Lafayette CA SFOHA -- $18.75

103N8 640215 San Jose CA SFOHA Robert A Davis $45.00

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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