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Background: The Post Office Department designated any contract air mail route flown by an airline into/from a foreign country into/from the US as a "Foreign Air Mail" route. The Foreign Air Mail routes became known as FAM's.

FAM-19: FAM-19 was awarded to Pan American Airways.
        On June 2, 1927 Juan Trippe formed an airline, “Aviation Corporation of America” with two allies. Sonny Whitney and John Hambleton were directors and Juan Trippe was in charge of operations. In order to procure a route to Cuba, the airline merged with two others to form Pan American Airways.
        Trippe became president and general manager. He had obtained a contract from the federal government to fly mail from Key West to Camp Colombia, Havana Cuba. It was the first contract for the carriage of mail to a foreign country from the US. Trippe had bought two Fokker planes and had a ground crew preparing an airport at Meacham Field in Key West FL. He had a deadline with the government to begin the service. Although two runways had been completed, heavy rain had been falling for two days and the airport became a swamp. To meet his contractual deadline, Trippe decided to charter a seaplane to make the flight. He talked pilot Cy Caldwell into making the flight with “La Nina” a Fairchild FC-2 floatplane that Cy was flying for the West Indian Aerial Express. On October 19, 1927 La Niña, piloted by Cy Caldwell and chartered by Trippe, took off from Key West landing at Camp Colombia, Havana Cuba 1H 20M later.
        FAM-19 was awarded to Pan Am and on July 12, 1940 JH Tilton piloted a Boeing 314 from San Francisco and Los Angeles CA west across the Pacific Ocean via Hawaii to New Zealand. FAM-19 complemented FAM-14 routing.

PA
Boeing 314

F19-1a 400712 San Francisco CA-Canton Island PA JH Tilton $11.25
F19-1b 400712 San Francisco CA-Noumea New Caledonia PA JH Tilton $11.25
F19-1 400712 San Francisco CA-Auckland New Zealand PA JH Tilton $7.50
F19-2a 400712 Los Angeles CA-Honolulu HI PA JH Tilton $15.00
F19-2b 400712 Los Angeles CA-Canton Island PA JH Tilton $15.00
F19-2c 400712 Los Angeles CA-Noumea New Caledonia PA JH Tilton $18.00
F19-2 400712 Los Angeles CA-Auckland New Zealand PA JH Tilton $15.00
F19-3a 400714 Honolulu HI-Canton Island PA JH Tilton $9.00
F19-3b 400714 Honolulu HI-Noumea New Caledonia PA JH Tilton $9.00
F19-3 400714 Honolulu HI-Auckland New Zealand PA JH Tilton $9.00
F19-5a 400715 Canton Island-Noumea New Caledonia PA JH Tilton $11.25
F19-5 400715 Canton Island-Auckland New Zealand PA JH Tilton $11.25
F19-7 400718 Noumea New Caledonia-Auckland New Zealand PA JH Tilton $9.00
F19-9a 400719 Auckland New Zealand-Noumea New Caledonia PA JH Tilton $9.00
F19-9b 400719 Auckland New Zealand-Canton Island PA JH Tilton $11.25
F19-9c 400719 Auckland New Zealand-Honolulu HI PA JH Tilton $9.00
F19-9d 400719 Auckland New Zealand-Los Angeles CA PA JH Tilton $18.00
F19-9 400719 Auckland New Zealand-San Francisco CA PA JH Tilton $7.50
F19-8a 400721 Noumea New Caledonia-Canton Island PA JH Tilton $11.25
F19-8b 400721 Noumea New Caledonia-Honolulu HI PA JH Tilton $11.25
F19-8c 400721 Noumea New Caledonia-Los Angeles CA PA JH Tilton $18.00
F19-8 400721 Noumea New Caledonia-San Francisco CA PA JH Tilton $7.50
F19-6a 400722 Canton Island-Honolulu HI PA JH Tilton $11.25
F19-6b 400722 Canton Island-Los Angeles CA PA JH Tilton $18.00
F19-6 400722 Canton Island-San Francisco CA PA JH Tilton $11.25
F19-4 400723 Honolulu HI-Los Angeles CA PA JH Tilton $11.25

F19-16 411104 Los Angeles CA-Suva Fiji PA JH Tilton $15.00
F19-15 411105 San Francisco CA-Suva Fiji PA JH Tilton $7.50
F19-17 411105 San Pedro CA-Suva Fiji PA JH Tilton $15.00
F19-18 411107 Honolulu HI-Suva Fiji PA JH Tilton $9.00
F19-19 411108 Canton Island-Suva Fiji PA JH Tilton $9.00
F19-20a 411109 Suka Fiji-Noumea New Caledonia PA JH Tilton $12.00
F19-20 411109 Suka Fiji-Auckland New Zealand PA JH Tilton $12.00
F19-23 411111 Auckland New Zealand-Suva Fiji PA JH Tilton $11.25
F19-22 411113 Noumea New Caledonia-Suva Fiji PA JH Tilton $11.25
F19-21a 411114 Suva Fiji-Canton Island PA JH Tilton $11.25
F19-21b 411114 Suva Fiji-Honolulu HI PA JH Tilton $15.00
F19-21c 411114 Suva Fiji-San Pedro CA PA JH Tilton $18.00
F19-21d 411114 Suva Fiji-Los Angeles CA PA JH Tilton $15.00
F19-21 411114 Suva Fiji-San Francisco CA PA JH Tilton $11.25

PA
Douglas DC-4 (Trans-Pacific)

F19-27 470221 San Francisco CA-Sydney Australia PA -- $7.50
F19-28 470223 Honolulu HI-Sydney Australia PA -- $9.00
F19-29 470224 Canton Island Phoenix Group-Sydney Australia PA -- $7.50
F19-30 470226 Noumea New Caledonia-Sydney Australia PA -- $11.25
F19-31 470225 Lautoka Fiji-Sydney Australia PA -- $15.00

F19-34 470710 Sydney Australia-Noumea New Caledonia PA -- $11.25
F19-35A 471108 Sydney Australia-Suva Fiji PA -- $12.00
F19-35B 471108 Sydney Australia-Canton Island Phoenix Group PA -- $15.00
F19-35C 471108 Sydney Australia-Honolulu HI PA -- $12.00
F19-35 471108 Sydney Australia-San Francisco CA PA -- $15.00

F19-39A 490130 Seattle WA-Canton Island Phoenix Group PA -- $18.75
F19-39fA 490130 Seattle WA-Canton Island Phoenix Group PA -- $18.75
F19-39B 490130 Seattle WA-Suva Fiji PA -- $37.50
F19-39fB 490130 Seattle WA-Suva Fiji PA -- $45.00
F19-39 490130 Seattle WA-Auckland New Zealand PA -- $37.50
F19-39f 490130 Seattle WA-Auckland New Zealand PA -- $37.50
F19-40A 490130 Portland OR-Canton Island Phoenix Group PA -- $22.50
F19-40B 490130 Portland OR-Suva Fiji PA -- $37.50
F19-40 490130 Portland OR-Auckland New Zealand PA -- $45.00
F19-41A 490201 Canton Island Phoenix Group-Portland OR PA -- $60.00
F19-41 490201 Canton Island Phoenix Group-Seattle WA PA -- $45.00

F19-50A 490704 Seattle WA-Noumea New Caledonia PA BB Lien $202.50
F19-50fA 490704 Seattle WA-Noumea New Caledonia PA BB Lien $202.50
F19-50 490704 Seattle WA-Sydney Australia PA BB Lien $187.50
F19-50f 490704 Seattle WA-Sydney Australia PA BB Lien $187.50
F19-51A 490704 Portland OR-Noumea New Caledonia PA BB Lien $202.50
F19-51 490704 Portland OR-Sydney Australia PA BB Lien $187.50

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