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- Stout Air Transport 2AT-5 before First Contract Air Mail Flight (CAM-6), Detroit to Cleveland, February 15, 1926 - After operating air mail flights itself for eight years, the U.S. Post Office Department contracted with commercial air carriers in 1926. The first two contract routes, connecting Detroit with Cleveland and Chicago, were awarded to Ford Air Transport, Ford Motor Company's airline subsidiary. Ford planes carried more than 32,000 pounds of mail before the contract ended in July 1928.
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Stout Air Transport 2AT-5 before First Contract Air Mail Flight (CAM-6), Detroit to Cleveland, February 15, 1926
After operating air mail flights itself for eight years, the U.S. Post Office Department contracted with commercial air carriers in 1926. The first two contract routes, connecting Detroit with Cleveland and Chicago, were awarded to Ford Air Transport, Ford Motor Company's airline subsidiary. Ford planes carried more than 32,000 pounds of mail before the contract ended in July 1928.
- Letter from W. B. Mayo to A. B. Pease regarding the First Contract Air Mail Flight (CAM-6), February 15, 1926 - After operating air mail flights itself for eight years, the U.S. Post Office Department contracted with commercial air carriers in 1926. The first two contract routes, connecting Detroit with Cleveland and Chicago, were awarded to Ford Air Transport, Ford Motor Company's airline subsidiary. Ford planes carried more than 32,000 pounds of mail before the contract ended in July 1928.
- February 15, 1926
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Letter from W. B. Mayo to A. B. Pease regarding the First Contract Air Mail Flight (CAM-6), February 15, 1926
After operating air mail flights itself for eight years, the U.S. Post Office Department contracted with commercial air carriers in 1926. The first two contract routes, connecting Detroit with Cleveland and Chicago, were awarded to Ford Air Transport, Ford Motor Company's airline subsidiary. Ford planes carried more than 32,000 pounds of mail before the contract ended in July 1928.
- Mailing Envelope used on the First Contract Air Mail Flight (CAM-6) from Detroit to Cleveland, February 15, 1926 - After operating air mail flights itself for eight years, the U.S. Post Office Department contracted with commercial air carriers in 1926. The first two contract routes, connecting Detroit with Cleveland and Chicago, were awarded to Ford Air Transport, Ford Motor Company's airline subsidiary. Ford planes carried more than 32,000 pounds of mail before the contract ended in July 1928.
- February 15, 1926
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Mailing Envelope used on the First Contract Air Mail Flight (CAM-6) from Detroit to Cleveland, February 15, 1926
After operating air mail flights itself for eight years, the U.S. Post Office Department contracted with commercial air carriers in 1926. The first two contract routes, connecting Detroit with Cleveland and Chicago, were awarded to Ford Air Transport, Ford Motor Company's airline subsidiary. Ford planes carried more than 32,000 pounds of mail before the contract ended in July 1928.
- Plane Departures and Arrivals Form for First Contract Air Mail Flights (CAM-6), February 15-20, 1926 - After operating air mail flights itself for eight years, the U.S. Post Office Department contracted with commercial air carriers in 1926. The first two contract routes, connecting Detroit with Cleveland and Chicago, were awarded to Ford Air Transport, Ford Motor Company's airline subsidiary. Ford planes carried more than 32,000 pounds of mail before the contract ended in July 1928.
- 15 February 1926-20 February 1926
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Plane Departures and Arrivals Form for First Contract Air Mail Flights (CAM-6), February 15-20, 1926
After operating air mail flights itself for eight years, the U.S. Post Office Department contracted with commercial air carriers in 1926. The first two contract routes, connecting Detroit with Cleveland and Chicago, were awarded to Ford Air Transport, Ford Motor Company's airline subsidiary. Ford planes carried more than 32,000 pounds of mail before the contract ended in July 1928.
- "Ford News," March 1, 1926 - Ford Motor Company published <em>Ford News</em> from 1920 to 1942. The magazine kept employees and dealers informed on the automaker's products and activities. Each issue contained general-interest stories as well. Editors described the publication as "holding at heart the interests of the Company and employee, a digest of events in the Ford world."
- March 01, 1926
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"Ford News," March 1, 1926
Ford Motor Company published Ford News from 1920 to 1942. The magazine kept employees and dealers informed on the automaker's products and activities. Each issue contained general-interest stories as well. Editors described the publication as "holding at heart the interests of the Company and employee, a digest of events in the Ford world."
- Stout Air Transport 2AT-5 before First Contract Air Mail Flight (CAM-6), Detroit to Cleveland, February 15, 1926 - After operating air mail flights itself for eight years, the U.S. Post Office Department contracted with commercial air carriers in 1926. The first two contract routes, connecting Detroit with Cleveland and Chicago, were awarded to Ford Air Transport, Ford Motor Company's airline subsidiary. Ford planes carried more than 32,000 pounds of mail before the contract ended in July 1928.
- Collections - Artifact
Stout Air Transport 2AT-5 before First Contract Air Mail Flight (CAM-6), Detroit to Cleveland, February 15, 1926
After operating air mail flights itself for eight years, the U.S. Post Office Department contracted with commercial air carriers in 1926. The first two contract routes, connecting Detroit with Cleveland and Chicago, were awarded to Ford Air Transport, Ford Motor Company's airline subsidiary. Ford planes carried more than 32,000 pounds of mail before the contract ended in July 1928.
- Stout Air Transport 2AT-5 before First Contract Air Mail Flight (CAM-6), Detroit to Cleveland, February 15, 1926 - After operating air mail flights itself for eight years, the U.S. Post Office Department contracted with commercial air carriers in 1926. The first two contract routes, connecting Detroit with Cleveland and Chicago, were awarded to Ford Air Transport, Ford Motor Company's airline subsidiary. Ford planes carried more than 32,000 pounds of mail before the contract ended in July 1928.
- February 15, 1926
- Collections - Artifact
Stout Air Transport 2AT-5 before First Contract Air Mail Flight (CAM-6), Detroit to Cleveland, February 15, 1926
After operating air mail flights itself for eight years, the U.S. Post Office Department contracted with commercial air carriers in 1926. The first two contract routes, connecting Detroit with Cleveland and Chicago, were awarded to Ford Air Transport, Ford Motor Company's airline subsidiary. Ford planes carried more than 32,000 pounds of mail before the contract ended in July 1928.
- Stout Air Transport 2-AT Circles the Dirigible Mooring Mast at Ford Airport, December 19, 1925 - When built in 1925, Ford Airport's dirigible mooring mast featured an elaborate "collar" and haul-down device -- visible on the structure's left side -- that rotated 360 degrees, allowing a moored airship to be pointed into the wind regardless of direction. The device, along with the airship, could be lowered to the ground, permitting passengers to board or disembark at ground level.
- December 19, 1925
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Stout Air Transport 2-AT Circles the Dirigible Mooring Mast at Ford Airport, December 19, 1925
When built in 1925, Ford Airport's dirigible mooring mast featured an elaborate "collar" and haul-down device -- visible on the structure's left side -- that rotated 360 degrees, allowing a moored airship to be pointed into the wind regardless of direction. The device, along with the airship, could be lowered to the ground, permitting passengers to board or disembark at ground level.