CAM Contract Air Mail First Flights AM-148

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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-148: AM-148 was awarded to Eastern Air Lines. On January 17, 1930 Pitcairn Aviation was re-named Eastern Air Transport. Supplementing its fleet of Mailwing’s, EAT acquired three Ford Trimotors. On January 1, 1931 EAT flying its Ford Trimotor, inaugurated its first combined passenger and air mail flight service between St Petersburg FL and Newark NJ. EAT later became Eastern Air Lines (EAL) on March 29, 1938. Former WW-I hero, Captain Eddie Rickenbacker took over at the "new" Eastern Air Lines. AM-148 was awarded to EAL and on October 30, 1966 it began flight service between Buffalo NY and Toronto Canada flying a Boeing 727, an aircraft which was to become an airline workhorse.

148N1 661030 Buffalo NY EAL JH Singleton $7.50

148N1f 661030 Buffalo NY EAL JH Singleton $4.50

148S2f 661030 Toronto Canada EAL AP Teulon $30.00

INDEX: First Flights by CAM Route #

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