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-64:
AM-64 was awarded to Essair. In January 1939 Essair launched the first experimental local air feeder service route from Houston to Abilene and Amarillo TX. Shortly thereafter, in June 1939 Essair's service was suspended when Braniff Airways filed an appeal against them with the Civil Aeronautics Board. Essair finally won the appeal in November 1943. After WW-II ended AM-64 was awarded to Essair. On Augusr 1, 1945 Essair inaugurated feeder flight service from Houston to Amarillo with stops at San Angelo, Abilene, and Lubbock using Lockheed L-10A Electras.
Essair
64S1
459801
Amarillo TX
Essair
Byron D Rickards
3ドル.75
64S2
459801
Lubbock TX
Essair
Byron D Rickards
6ドル.00
64S3
459801
Abilene TX
Essair
Byron D Rickards
4ドル.50
64S4
459801
San Angelo TX
Essair
Byron D Rickards
6ドル.00
64S5
459801
Austin TX
Essair
Byron D Rickards
6ドル.00
64N6
459801
Houston TX
Essair
Ernest Van Lloyd
2ドル.25
64N5
459801
Austin TX
Essair
Ernest Van Lloyd
6ドル.00
64N4
459801
San Angelo TX
Essair
Ernest Van Lloyd
6ドル.00
64N3
459801
Abilene TX
Essair
Ernest Van Lloyd
6ドル.00
64N2
459801
Lubbock TX
Essair
Ernest Van Lloyd
3ドル.75
On May 15, 1946 Essair changed its name to Pioneer Air Lines and began flying the DC-3.
PAL
Houston-Dallas Leg
64N7
470219
Houston TX
PAL
Leon C Green
3ドル.00
64N7f
470219
Houston TX
PAL
Leon C Green
13ドル.50
64N8
470219
Bryan TX
PAL
RE Rogers
2ドル.25
64N9
470219
Temple TX
PAL
Ray H Peters
3ドル.00
64N10
470219
Waco TX
PAL
Leon C Green
3ドル.00
64S11
470219
Dallas TX
PAL
John M Leggio
4ドル.50
64S11f
470219
Dallas TX
PAL
John M Leggio
4ドル.50
64S10
470219
Waco TX
PAL
John M Leggio
4ドル.50
64S9
470219
Temple TX
PAL
RE Rogers
4ドル.50
64S8
470219
Bryan TX
PAL
RE Rogers
3ドル.00
Dallas-Midland Leg
64W11
470219
Dallas TX
PAL
Leon C Green
3ドル.75
64W11f
470219
Dallas TX
PAL
Leon C Green
3ドル.00
64W12
470219
Fort Worth TX
PAL
Leon C Green
6ドル.00
64W12f
470219
Fort Worth TX
PAL
Leon C Green
3ドル.00
64W13
470219
Mineral Wells TX
PAL
Ray H Peters
4ドル.50
64W14
470219
Abilene TX
PAL
Ray H Peters
4ドル.50
64W15
470219
Sweetwater TX
PAL
Leon C Green
3ドル.00
64W16
470219
Big Spring TX
PAL
Leon C Green
6ドル.00
64E17
470219
Midland TX
PAL
John M Leggio
3ドル.00
64E18
470219
Odessa TX
PAL
John M Leggio
3ドル.75
64E16
470219
Big Spring TX
PAL
John M Leggio
3ドル.00
64E15
470219
Sweetwater TX
PAL
John M Leggio (flown west)
2ドル.25
64E14
470219
Abilene TX
PAL
John M Leggio
3ドル.00
64E13
470219
Mineral Wells TX
PAL
Harold B Hall
3ドル.00
64E12
470219
Fort Worth TX
PAL
John M Leggio
3ドル.75
64E12f
470219
Fort Worth TX
PAL
John M Leggio
6ドル.00
San Angelo-Lubbock Leg
64N19
470219
San Angelo TX
PAL
JW Smith
13ドル.50
64N17
470219
Midland TX
PAL
Harold B Hall
7ドル.50
64N18
470219
Odessa TX
PAL
Harold B Hall
10ドル.50
64N20
470219
Lamesa TX
PAL
Ernie F McCoy
6ドル.00
64S21
470219
Lubbock TX
PAL
James D Jensen
11ドル.25
64S20
470219
Lamesa TX
PAL
BD Rickards
3ドル.00
64S18
470219
Odessa TX
PAL
James D Jensen
6ドル.00
64S17
470219
Midland TX
PAL
James D Jensen
13ドル.50
64N22
480105
Plainview TX
PAL
James D Jensen
3ドル.75
64S22
480105
Plainview TX
PAL
Berthold Sadkin
2ドル.25
64W23
480501
Lubbock TX
PAL
Mont O Roper
3ドル.75
64W24
480501
Tucumcari NM
PAL
Mont O Roper
4ドル.50
64W25
480501
Las Vegas NM
PAL
Mont O Roper
4ドル.50
64W26
480501
Santa Fe NM
PAL
Mont O Roper
6ドル.00
64E27
480501
Albuquerque NM
PAL
LA Lauratis
3ドル.75
64E26
480501
Santa Fe NM
PAL
LA Lauratis
3ドル.75
64E25
480501
Las Vegas NM
PAL
LA Lauratis
3ドル.75
64E24
480501
Tucumcari NM
PAL
LA Lauratis
2ドル.25
64SW28
480601
Amarillo TX
PAL
Berthold Sadkin
2ドル.25
64SW29
480601
Clovis NM
PAL
Berthold Sadkin
2ドル.25
64SW30
480601
Roswell NM
PAL
Berthold Sadkin
3ドル.00
64NE31
480601
El Paso TX
PAL
Berthold Sadkin
3ドル.00
64NE30
480601
Roswell NM
PAL
Berthold Sadkin
4ドル.50
64NE29
480601
Clovis NM
PAL
Berthold Sadkin
7ドル.50
64W29
480601
Clovis NM
PAL
JW Smith
4ドル.50
64E29
480601
Clovis NM
PAL
BD Rickards
6ドル.00
64S32
481012
Las Cruces NM
PAL
Robert R Rawls
2ドル.25
64N32
481012
Las Cruces NM
PAL
Robert R Rawls
4ドル.50
64NE33
510930
Austin TX
PAL
EE Madden
3ドル.75
64SE34
510930
Temple TX
PAL
EE Madden
3ドル.75
64SE35
510930
Bryan TX
PAL
EE Madden
4ドル.50
64NW36
510930
Houston TX
PAL
EE Madden
3ドル.75
64NW36f
510930
Houston TX
PAL
EE Madden
3ドル.75
64NW35
510930
Bryan TX
PAL
EE Madden
3ドル.75
64SW34
510930
Temple TX
PAL
EE Madden
4ドル.50
PAL
Martin 202
64W37
530927
Breckenridge TX
PAL
JM McNulty
3ドル.00
64W38
530927
Snyder TX
PAL
JM McNulty
3ドル.00
64E38
530927
Snyder TX
PAL
John M Leggio
3ドル.75
64E37
530927
Breckenridge TX
PAL
CC Meyer
4ドル.50
Pioneer Air Lines was merged into Continental Airlines on April 1, 1955.
CA
Douglas DC-6
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