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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.

CAM-22: CAM-22 was awarded to Texas Air Transport. TAT was founded on November 12, 1927 by Temple Bowen, a bus operator from Fort Worth TX. AP Barrett purchased TAT in 1928. The next year Barrett launched Southern Air Transport (SAT), which absorbed Texas Air Transport. In late 1929 SAT became part of the Aviation Corporation (AVCO). In January 1930, AVCO's directors created American Airways Company. In April 1934, AAC became American Airlines. TAT used a fleet of seven Pitcairn Mailwings for its mail runs and Fokker Super Universals on passenger/mail routes.

22S1	280206	Dallas TX	TAT	Hugh Brewster	$7.50
22S2	280206	Fort Worth TX	TAT	LS Andrews & Hugh Brewster	$9.00
22S3	280206	Waco TX	TAT	LS Andrews & Hugh Brewster	$18.75
22S4	280206	Austin TX	TAT	LS Andrews	$22.50
22N5	280206	San Antonio TX	TAT	LS Andrews	$7.50
22N4	280206	Austin TX	TAT	LS Andrews	$9.00
22N3	280206	Waco TX	TAT	LS Andrews	$15.00
22N2	280206	Fort Worth TX	TAT	LS Andrews	$90.00

22SW5	281001	San Antonio TX	TAT	HJ Rader	$4.50
22N6	281001	Laredo TX	TAT	HJ Rader	$4.50
22S6	281001	Laredo TX-Mexico	TAT	Tom Hardin	$15.00

22S7	290309	San Antonio TX	TAT	Joe Glass	$18.00
22N8	290309	Brownsville TX	TAT	JH Mangham	$6.00

R22N10	320601	to Corpus Christi TX by southbound plane	AAC		$4.50
22S9	320601	Corpus Christi TX	AAC	AJ Burke	$7.50
R22S10	320601	to Corpus Christi TX by northbound plane	AAC		$4.50
22N9	320601	Corpus Christi TX	AAC	WB McAllister	$3.00

INDEX: First Flights by CAM Route #

INDEX: First Flights by AM Route #

INDEX: First Flights by Experimental Route #

INDEX: First Flights by AM Route #

INDEX: First Flights by Air Taxi Services Route #

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