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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-34: CAM-34 was awarded to Transcontinental & Western Air. In 1928 Jack Frye and his partners founded Standard Airlines. In 1929 Standard Airlines merged with Western Air Express to form a powerful air express and transport company. Jack became Director in Charge of Operations. On July 15, 1930 Western Air merged with Transcontinental Airlines. Jack became part owner of the new company and on October 1, 1930 was appointed Vice President in Charge of Operations. Transcontinental & Western Air (T&WA) was born. Almost immediately T&WA became frustrated with Boeing who refused to offer T&WA timely delivery of its Boeing 247. T&WA issued its own specification and what emerged was an outline for a two-engined, all-metal monoplane with accommodation for 12 passengers. Douglas Aircraft manufactured the DC-1 which set new levels of design and performance ushering in a new era of aircraft manufacture with its DC line of aircraft.

Consolidated 20-A Fleetster

		Main Route
34W1	301025	New York NY	T&WA	HG Andrews, JS Bartles & CW Rach	$4.50
34W1f	301025	New York NY	T&WA	HG Andrews, JS Bartles & CW Rach	$7.50
34W2	301025	Philadelphia PA	T&WA	CW Rach	$6.00
34W2f	301025	Philadelphia PA (Camden NJ airfield)	T&WA	CW Rach	$225.00
34W3	301025	Harrisburg PA	T&WA	CW Rach	$6.00
34W4	301025	Pittsburgh PA	T&WA	JS Bartles	$6.00
34W5	301025	Columbus OH	T&WA	HJ Zimmerman	$4.50
34W6	301025	Indianapolis IN	T&WA	EW Fleet	$4.50
34W7	301025	St Louis MO	T&WA	HJ Zimmerman	$4.50
34W7f	301025	St Louis MO	T&WA	HJ Zimmerman	$37.50
34W10	301025	Springfield MO	T&WA	HH Gallup	$6.00
34W11	301025	Tulsa OK	T&WA	HH Gallup	$7.50
34W12	301025	Oklahoma City OK	T&WA	HH Gallup	$4.50
34W13	301025	Amarillo TX	T&WA	JB Kuhn	$7.50
34W14	301025	Albuquerque NM	T&WA	JG Walsh	$6.00
34W15	301025	Winslow AZ	T&WA	WH Dowling	$9.00
34E16	301025	Los Angeles CA	T&WA	L Nelson	$4.50
34E15	301025	Winslow AZ	T&WA	L Nelson	$4.50
34E14	301025	Albuquerque NM	T&WA	Ralph Montee	$4.50
34E13	301025	Amarillo TX	T&WA	Ralph Montee	$6.00
34E12	301025	Oklahoma City OK	T&WA	HE Hall	$4.50
34E11	301025	Tulsa OK	T&WA	HE Hall	$6.00
34E10	301025	Springfield MO	T&WA	HE Hall	$4.50
34E7	301025	St Louis MO	T&WA	Otis F Bryan	$6.00
34E7f	301025	St Louis MO	T&WA	Otis F Bryan	$37.50
34E6	301025	Indianapolis IN	T&WA	Otis F Bryan	$6.00
34E5	301025	Columbus OH	T&WA	JA Collings	$4.50
34E4	301025	Pittsburgh PA	T&WA	JA Collings	$6.00
34E3	301025	Harrisburg PA	T&WA	JA Collings	$4.50
34E2	301025	Philadelphia PA	T&WA	JA Collings	$11.25
		Spur Route
34W7S	301025	St Louis MO	T&WA	HH Gallup	$6.00
34W7Sf	301025	St Louis MO	T&WA	HH Gallup	$37.50
34W8	301025	Kansas City MO	T&WA	JB Kuhn	$6.00
34W9	301025	Wichita KS	T&WA	JB Kuhn	$6.00
34E13S	301025	Amarillo TX	T&WA	HE Hall	$6.00
34E9	301025	Wichita KS	T&WA	Ralph Montee	$4.50
34E8	301025	Kansas City MO	T&WA	Otis F Bryan	$4.50

Lockheed Orion

34N17	330201	Los Angeles CA	T&WA	George V Rice	$11.25
34N18	330201	Bakersfield CA	T&WA	George V Rice	$22.50
34N19	330201	Fresno CA	T&WA	George V Rice	$26.25
34S20	330201	San Francisco CA	T&WA	George V Rice	$11.25
34S19	330201	Fresno CA	T&WA	George V Rice	$18.75
34S18	330201	Bakersfield CA	T&WA	George V Rice	$22.50

34W21	330201	Columbus OH	T&WA	Alvene Litzenberger	$15.00
34W21f	330201	Columbus OH	T&WA	Alvene Litzenberger	$18.75
34W22	330201	Fort Wayne IN	T&WA	Alvene Litzenberger	$30.00
34E23	330201	Chicago IL	T&WA	AM Wilkins	$15.00
34E23f	330201	Chicago IL	T&WA	AM Wilkins	$18.75
34E22	330201	Fort Wayne IN	T&WA	AM Wilkins	$33.75

34S24	330301	Oakland CA	T&WA	HH Holloway	$18.00
34S24f	330301	Oakland CA	T&WA	HH Holloway	$27.00

R34S25	330316	to Oakland CA	T&WA		$18.75
34N24	330316	Oakland CA-San Francisco CA	T&WA	George K Rice	$15.00
34N24f	330316	Oakland CA-San Francisco CA	T&WA	George K Rice	$15.00
R34N25	330316	to Oakland CA	T&WA		$18.75

R34E27	331111	to Elk City OK	T&WA		$7.50
34W26	331111	Elk City OK	T&WA	George C Brill	$9.00
R34W27	331111	to Elk City OK	T&WA		$7.50
34E26	331111	Elk City OK	T&WA	FD Wade	$4.50

The DC-1 first flew in July 1933 and was handed over to TWA in December 1933.

TWA

Douglas DC-1

CAM-30: On February 9, 1934 the Post Office Department canceled all contracts of operators flying mail on routes within the US to become effective on February 19, 1934. The reason given by the Post Office was that there was suspicion that the mail carrying contracts had been awarded through collusion during the previous Administration.
Cancellation of the air mail contracts held by established pioneer airline companies was accompanied by an executive order from President Franklin D Roosevelt stating that the Army Air Corps should now carry the mail. Three territorial zones were established for the Air Corps mail operations, Newark NJ, Chicago IL and Salt Lake City UT. The eastern, central and western zones each had branch routes to other feeder cities. It was a difficult assignment for the Army Air Corps as they did not have enough planes and the ones they had, did not have the latest instruments, landing, navigation, or cockpit lights. One of the aircraft they used was the Keystone B-4 bi-plane.
New commercial air mail carrying contracts were made in May 1934 and the mail was again flown by private contractors over re-designated revised Post Office Department routes in late June 1934.

CAM-34: After the February 1934 cancellation and reinstatement of new commercial air mail carrying contracts over re-designed revised Post Office routes in late June 1934, Transcontinental & Western Air continued flying CAM-34 air mail.

Douglas DC-2

R34W29 340513 to Terre Haute IN T&WA $26.25

34E28 340513 Terre Haute IN T&WA SD Welsh $18.75

R34E29 340513 to Terre Haute IN T&WA $26.25

34W28 340513 Terre Haute IN T&WA Otis F Bryan $18.75

R34W31 361217 to Dayton OH T&WA $9.00

34E30 361217 Dayton OH T&WA Otis F Bryan $4.50

R34E31 361217 to Dayton OH T&WA $9.00

34W30 361217 Dayton OH T&WA Lawrence G Fritz $4.50

34NW33 370901 Pittsburgh PA - Chicago IL T&WA RA Heideman $90.00

34NW33f 370901 Pittsburgh PA - Chicago IL T&WA RA Heideman $90.00

34W33 370901 New York NY - Chicago IL T&WA $90.00

34W33f 370901 New York NY - Chicago IL T&WA $90.00

34E34 380403 Los Angeles CA via Las Vegas NV T&WA Felix Preeg $45.00

34E34f 380403 Los Angeles CA via Las Vegas NV T&WA Felix Preeg $41.25

34E35 380403 Las Vegas NV T&WA Felix Preeg $33.75

34E36 380403 Boulder City NV T&WA Felix Preeg $2.25

34W37 380403 Winslow AZ via Bolder City NV T&WA JG Walsh $4.50

34W36 380403 Boulder City NV T&WA JG Walsh $3.75

34E38 380404 Los Angeles CA - Boulder City NV T&WA ET Hereford $13.50

34E38f 380404 Los Angeles CA - Boulder City NV T&WA ET Hereford $6.00

Douglas DC-3

34E39f 391202 Newark Airfield NJ - North Beach (LaGuardia) Airfield NY T&WA HJ Zimmerman $15.00

34W40f 391202 North Beach (LaGuardia) Airfield NY T&WA LM Williams $13.50

R34W42 400620 to Philadelphia PA airfield T&WA $15.00

34E41f 400620 Philadelphia PA T&WA $37.50

R34E42 400620 to Philadelphia PA airfield T&WA $15.00

34W41f 400620 Philadelphia PA T&WA $37.50

R34W44 410801 to Reading PA T&WA $3.75

34E43 410801 Reading PA T&WA RC Downing $3.00

R34E44 410801 to Reading PA T&WA $3.75

34W43 410801 Reading PA T&WA JM Walker $2.25

Boeing 307 Stratoliner

34W45 431001 Winslow AZ via Phoenix AZ T&WA WW Seyerle $24.00

34W46 431001 Phoenix AZ T&WA V Chakerian $13.50

34E47 431001 Los Angeles CA via Phoenix AZ T&WA TM Moffitt $27.00

34E47f 431001 Los Angeles CA via Phoenix AZ T&WA TM Moffitt $22.50

34E46 431001 Phoenix AZ T&WA TM Moffitt $7.50

R34W49 441201 to Topeka KS T&WA $4.50

34E48 441201 Topeka KS T&WA GB Fitzgerald $7.50

R34E49 441201 to Topeka KS T&WA $4.50

34W48 441201 Topeka KS T&WA Robert W Picotte $6.00

34W50 461122 Wheeling WV T&WA Robert A Wittke $3.75

34E50 461122 Wheeling WV T&WA Robert A Wittke $3.75

34W51 470701 Cincinnati OH T&WA CO Miller $75.00

34W51f 470701 Cincinnati OH T&WA CO Miller $6.00

34E51 470701 Cincinnati OH T&WA Bronson White $75.00

34E51f 470701 Cincinnati OH T&WA Bronson White $27.00

34W52 470706 Grand Canyon AZ T&WA JS Solomon $2.25

34E52 470706 Grand Canyon AZ T&WA VG White $3.75

34SE53 471101 Fort Wayne IN T&WA $22.50

34SE54 471101 Mansfield OH T&WA $6.00

34NW55 471101 Pittsburgh PA T&WA $22.50

34NW55f 471101 Pittsburgh PA T&WA $26.25

34NE54 471101 Mansfield OH T&WA Adolph M Urbas $3.00

34NE58 471101 Dayton OH T&WA Adolph M Urbas $6.00

34NE56 471101 Indianapolis IN T&WA CD Barnard $22.50

34NE56f 471101 Indianapolis IN T&WA CD Barnard $22.50

34SW57 471101 Cleveland OH T&WA EA Feazel $2.25

34SW57f 471101 Cleveland OH T&WA EA Feazel $10.50

34SW54 471101 Mansfield OH T&WA Warren G Malvick $2.25

34E59 471101 Zanesville OH T&WA RF Baar $2.25

34E60 471101 Richmond IN T&WA Earl J McNaughton $3.75

34W60 471101 Richmond IN T&WA Wren McMains $2.25

34W59 471101 Zanesville OH T&WA Wren McMains $3.75

34W61 471129 Allentown PA T&WA HF Roegner $2.25

34E61 471129 Allentown PA T&WA David S Spain $7.50

34W62 471129 Bethlehem PA T&WA HF Roegner $2.25

34W63 471129 Wilmington DE T&WA HH Myers $2.25

34E63 471129 Wilmington DE T&WA FE McKee $22.50

34W64 480301 Springfield OH T&WA Sereno S Tanner $4.50

34E64 480301 Springfield OH T&WA Thomas Duffy $3.00

34NE64 480301 Springfield OH T&WA Adolph M Urbas $3.75

34W65 480304 Quincy IL T&WA RE Catron $10.50

34E65 480304 Quincy IL T&WA Clarence Lunde $4.50

34W66 480425 Baltimore MD T&WA FD Richardson $4.50

34W67 480425 Santa Fe NM T&WA KF Marks $7.50

34E67 480425 Santa Fe NM T&WA RE Catron $2.25

34W68 480425 Worcester MA T&WA Myron M Smith $3.75

34W69 480425 Scranton PA T&WA Myron M Smith $7.50

34W70 480425 Wilkes-Barre PA T&WA Myron M Smith $7.50

34E70 480425 Wilkes-Barre PA T&WA Adrian U Stahl $7.50

34E69 480425 Scranton PA T&WA Adrian U Stahl $7.50

34E68 480425 Worcester MA T&WA Adrian U Stahl $7.50

34W71 480926 Johnstown PA T&WA Clifford Phillips $2.25

34E71 480926 Johnstown PA T&WA Charles Tuttle $10.50

On May 17, 1950 Transcontinental & Western Air officially changed its name to Trans World Airlines.

Martin 404

34E72 500901 Marion OH TWA CM Horstman $2.25

34W72 500901 Marion OH TWA R Miles $3.75

34S73 581216 Saint Louis MO TWA John T Peek $2.25

34S73f 581216 Saint Louis MO TWA John T Peek $3.00

34S74 581216 Nashville TN TWA John T Peek $3.75

34S74f 581216 Nashville TN TWA John T Peek $3.75

34S75 581216 Atlanta GA TWA John T Peek $3.75

34S75f 581216 Atlanta GA TWA John T Peek $3.75

34S76 581216 Tampa FL TWA John T Peek $6.00

34S77 581216 Saint Petersburg FL TWA John T Peek $4.50

34S78 581216 Clearwater FL TWA John T Peek $3.75

34N79 581216 Miami FL TWA David S Spain $4.50

34N78 581216 Clearwater FL TWA David S Spain $7.50

34N77 581216 Saint Petersburg FL TWA David S Spain $4.50

34N76 581216 Tampa FL TWA David S Spain $4.50

34N75 581216 Atlanta GA TWA David S Spain $13.50

34N75f 581216 Atlanta GA TWA David S Spain $10.50

34N74 581216 Nashville TN TWA David S Spain $13.50

34N74f 581216 Nashville TN TWA David S Spain $7.50

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 #

R34W29	340513	to Terre Haute IN	T&WA		$26.25
34E28	340513	Terre Haute IN	T&WA	SD Welsh	$18.75
R34E29	340513	to Terre Haute IN	T&WA		$26.25
34W28	340513	Terre Haute IN	T&WA	Otis F Bryan	$18.75

R34W31	361217	to Dayton OH	T&WA		$9.00
34E30	361217	Dayton OH	T&WA	Otis F Bryan	$4.50
R34E31	361217	to Dayton OH	T&WA		$9.00
34W30	361217	Dayton OH	T&WA	Lawrence G Fritz	$4.50

34NW33	370901	Pittsburgh PA - Chicago IL	T&WA	RA Heideman	$90.00
34NW33f	370901	Pittsburgh PA - Chicago IL	T&WA	RA Heideman	$90.00
34W33	370901	New York NY - Chicago IL	T&WA		$90.00
34W33f	370901	New York NY - Chicago IL	T&WA		$90.00

34E34	380403	Los Angeles CA via Las Vegas NV	T&WA	Felix Preeg	$45.00
34E34f	380403	Los Angeles CA via Las Vegas NV	T&WA	Felix Preeg	$41.25
34E35	380403	Las Vegas NV	T&WA	Felix Preeg	$33.75
34E36	380403	Boulder City NV	T&WA	Felix Preeg	$2.25
34W37	380403	Winslow AZ via Bolder City NV	T&WA	JG Walsh	$4.50
34W36	380403	Boulder City NV	T&WA	JG Walsh	$3.75

34E38	380404	Los Angeles CA - Boulder City NV	T&WA	ET Hereford	$13.50
34E38f	380404	Los Angeles CA - Boulder City NV	T&WA	ET Hereford	$6.00

34E39f	391202	Newark Airfield NJ - North Beach (LaGuardia) Airfield NY	T&WA	HJ Zimmerman	$15.00
34W40f	391202	North Beach (LaGuardia) Airfield NY	T&WA	LM Williams	$13.50

R34W42	400620	to Philadelphia PA airfield	T&WA	$15.00
34E41f	400620	Philadelphia PA	T&WA	$37.50
R34E42	400620	to Philadelphia PA airfield	T&WA	$15.00
34W41f	400620	Philadelphia PA	T&WA	$37.50

R34W44	410801	to Reading PA	T&WA		$3.75
34E43	410801	Reading PA	T&WA	RC Downing	$3.00
R34E44	410801	to Reading PA	T&WA		$3.75
34W43	410801	Reading PA	T&WA	JM Walker	$2.25

34W45	431001	Winslow AZ via Phoenix AZ	T&WA	WW Seyerle	$24.00
34W46	431001	Phoenix AZ	T&WA	V Chakerian	$13.50
34E47	431001	Los Angeles CA via Phoenix AZ	T&WA	TM Moffitt	$27.00
34E47f	431001	Los Angeles CA via Phoenix AZ	T&WA	TM Moffitt	$22.50
34E46	431001	Phoenix AZ	T&WA	TM Moffitt	$7.50

R34W49	441201	to Topeka KS	T&WA		$4.50
34E48	441201	Topeka KS	T&WA	GB Fitzgerald	$7.50
R34E49	441201	to Topeka KS	T&WA		$4.50
34W48	441201	Topeka KS	T&WA	Robert W Picotte	$6.00

34W50	461122	Wheeling WV	T&WA	Robert A Wittke	$3.75
34E50	461122	Wheeling WV	T&WA	Robert A Wittke	$3.75

34W51	470701	Cincinnati OH	T&WA	CO Miller	$75.00
34W51f	470701	Cincinnati OH	T&WA	CO Miller	$6.00
34E51	470701	Cincinnati OH	T&WA	Bronson White	$75.00
34E51f	470701	Cincinnati OH	T&WA	Bronson White	$27.00

34W52	470706	Grand Canyon AZ	T&WA	JS Solomon	$2.25
34E52	470706	Grand Canyon AZ	T&WA	VG White	$3.75

34SE53	471101	Fort Wayne IN	T&WA		$22.50
34SE54	471101	Mansfield OH	T&WA		$6.00
34NW55	471101	Pittsburgh PA	T&WA		$22.50
34NW55f	471101	Pittsburgh PA	T&WA		$26.25
34NE54	471101	Mansfield OH	T&WA	Adolph M Urbas	$3.00
34NE58	471101	Dayton OH	T&WA	Adolph M Urbas	$6.00
34NE56	471101	Indianapolis IN	T&WA	CD Barnard	$22.50
34NE56f	471101	Indianapolis IN	T&WA	CD Barnard	$22.50
34SW57	471101	Cleveland OH	T&WA	EA Feazel	$2.25
34SW57f	471101	Cleveland OH	T&WA	EA Feazel	$10.50
34SW54	471101	Mansfield OH	T&WA	Warren G Malvick	$2.25

34E59	471101	Zanesville OH	T&WA	RF Baar	$2.25
34E60	471101	Richmond IN	T&WA	Earl J McNaughton	$3.75
34W60	471101	Richmond IN	T&WA	Wren McMains	$2.25
34W59	471101	Zanesville OH	T&WA	Wren McMains	$3.75

34W61	471129	Allentown PA	T&WA	HF Roegner	$2.25
34E61	471129	Allentown PA	T&WA	David S Spain	$7.50
34W62	471129	Bethlehem PA	T&WA	HF Roegner	$2.25

34W63	471129	Wilmington DE	T&WA	HH Myers	$2.25
34E63	471129	Wilmington DE	T&WA	FE McKee	$22.50

34W64	480301	Springfield OH	T&WA	Sereno S Tanner	$4.50
34E64	480301	Springfield OH	T&WA	Thomas Duffy	$3.00
34NE64	480301	Springfield OH	T&WA	Adolph M Urbas	$3.75

34W65	480304	Quincy IL	T&WA	RE Catron	$10.50
34E65	480304	Quincy IL	T&WA	Clarence Lunde	$4.50

34W67	480425	Santa Fe NM	T&WA	KF Marks	$7.50
34E67	480425	Santa Fe NM	T&WA	RE Catron	$2.25

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34W68	480425	Worcester MA	T&WA	Myron M Smith	$3.75
34W69	480425	Scranton PA	T&WA	Myron M Smith	$7.50
34W70	480425	Wilkes-Barre PA	T&WA	Myron M Smith	$7.50
34E70	480425	Wilkes-Barre PA	T&WA	Adrian U Stahl	$7.50
34E69	480425	Scranton PA	T&WA	Adrian U Stahl	$7.50
34E68	480425	Worcester MA	T&WA	Adrian U Stahl	$7.50

34W71	480926	Johnstown PA	T&WA	Clifford Phillips	$2.25
34E71	480926	Johnstown PA	T&WA	Charles Tuttle	$10.50

34E72	500901	Marion OH	TWA	CM Horstman	$2.25
34W72	500901	Marion OH	TWA	R Miles	$3.75

34S73	581216	Saint Louis MO	TWA	John T Peek	$2.25
34S73f	581216	Saint Louis MO	TWA	John T Peek	$3.00
34S74	581216	Nashville TN	TWA	John T Peek	$3.75
34S74f	581216	Nashville TN	TWA	John T Peek	$3.75
34S75	581216	Atlanta GA	TWA	John T Peek	$3.75
34S75f	581216	Atlanta GA	TWA	John T Peek	$3.75
34S76	581216	Tampa FL	TWA	John T Peek	$6.00
34S77	581216	Saint Petersburg FL	TWA	John T Peek	$4.50
34S78	581216	Clearwater FL	TWA	John T Peek	$3.75
34N79	581216	Miami FL	TWA	David S Spain	$4.50
34N78	581216	Clearwater FL	TWA	David S Spain	$7.50
34N77	581216	Saint Petersburg FL	TWA	David S Spain	$4.50
34N76	581216	Tampa FL	TWA	David S Spain	$4.50
34N75	581216	Atlanta GA	TWA	David S Spain	$13.50
34N75f	581216	Atlanta GA	TWA	David S Spain	$10.50
34N74	581216	Nashville TN	TWA	David S Spain	$13.50
34N74f	581216	Nashville TN	TWA	David S Spain	$7.50