English: First flight cover carried over CAM-6 from Detroit (Ford Airport at Dearborn , MI) to Cleveland on the first commercial U.S Air Mail flight, February 15, 1926.
Notes
The contractor for this route was the
Ford Motor Company, operating as Ford Air Transport, using a fleet of six Ford built
Stout 2-AT single engine metal skin high wing monoplanes.
The cover is autographed by
Lawrence G. Fritz who was the pilot of the first flight from
Ford Airport at Dearborn, MI, on the CAM-6 eastbound leg to Cleveland. Capt. Fritz was later the Vice President for Operations for
TWA.
The
USPS issued a 13-cent commemorative Postage Stamp (Scott #1684) on March 19, 1976, honoring the 50th anniversary of U.S. commercial aviation launched with the Contract Air Mail service. The stamp includes an image of the Stout AT-2 used on CAM-6.
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published prior to 1978 and is therefore in the public domain in the United States. See
Commons:Hirtle chart for further explanation. Note that it may still be copyrighted in jurisdictions that do not apply the
rule of the shorter term for US works (depending on the date of the author's death), such as Canada (50
p.m.a.), Mainland China (50 p.m.a., not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 p.m.a.), Mexico (100 p.m.a.), Switzerland (70 p.m.a.), and other countries with individual treaties.
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published in the United States between 1929 and 1977, inclusive, without a
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p.m.a.), Mainland China (50 p.m.a., not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 p.m.a.), Mexico (100 p.m.a.), Switzerland (70 p.m.a.), and other countries with individual treaties.
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