"Bud" Gurney]], flew the mail over CAM-2 in a fleet of four modified war-surplus [[Airco DH.4|de Havilland DH-4]] [[biplane]]s.

Just before signing on to fly with CAM, Lindbergh had applied to serve as a pilot on [[Richard E. Byrd]]'s North Pole expedition, but apparently his bid came too late.On , 1926, Lindbergh executed the Post Office Department's Oath of Mail Messengers, and two days later he opened service on the new route.