web-catalog        CAM Contract Air Mail First Flights AM-121

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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-121: AM-121 was awarded to American Air Export & Import Company. American Air Export & Import Company was founded in 1946 as a non-scheduled charter and leasing organization headquartered in Miami FL with operations in Oakland CA. AM-121 was awarded to American Air Export & Import Company and on November 15, 1956 it inaugurated flight service from New Orleans LA to New York NY via Atlanta GA. (Note: American Air Export & Import was renamed AAXICO Airlines in 1957 and AAXICO Airlines merged with Saturn Airways in 1965)

121S1	561115	New York NY	AAXICO	Charles Birdsong	$4.50
121S1f	561115	New York NY	AAXICO	Charles Birdsong	$3.75
121S2	561115	Atlanta GA	AAXICO	Charles Birdsong	$7.50
121S2f	561115	Atlanta GA	AAXICO	Charles Birdsong	$16.50
121N3	561115	New Orleans LA	AAXICO	Cecil Davis	$4.50
121N3f	561115	New Orleans LA	AAXICO	Cecil Davis	$9.00
121N2	561115	Atlanta GA	AAXICO	Cecil Davis	$6.00
121N2f	561115	Atlanta GA	AAXICO	Cecil Davis	$16.50

INDEX: First Flights by CAM Route #

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INDEX: First Flights by Experimental Route #

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INDEX: First Flights by AM Route #

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INDEX: First Flights by Air Taxi Services Route #

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