National Air Transport Pilot Hat Badge

From the collection of J.Hoff

1925-1930 Chicago, IL

National Air Transport was incorporated on 1925 and flew its first flight May 12, 1926 on Contract Air Mail 3 (CAM-3) from Chicago to Dallas. Later it was awarded CAM-7 whch they started service between Chicago and New York on Sept 1, 1927. Their first passenger flight was Februrary 1, 1928. The became part of United Air Lines on May 7, 1930.