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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-30: FAM-30 was awarded to United Air Lines.
        United Air Lines began on July 1, 1931 as the holding company of four air carriers, Boeing Air Transport (CAM-18), Varney Air Lines (CAM-5), Pacific Air Transport (CAM-8) and National Air Transport (CAM-17). Each of these contributing airlines flew different types of aircraft when taken over by United. After consolidation, United Air Lines introduced the twin engine Boeing 247 to initially fly some of its mail routes.
        FAM-30 was awarded to United Air Lines and on May 1, 1947 flying a Douglas DC-4 piloted by Harry W Huking, it inaugurated flight service from San Francisco CA to Honolulu HI.

UAL
Douglas DC-4

F30-1 470501 San Francisco CA-Honolulu HI UAL Harry W Huking $3.00
F30-2 470501 Honolulu HI-San Francisco CA UAL CR Bowman $3.00

F30-5 501009 Los Angeles CA-Honolulu HI UAL Harry W Huking $3.00
F30-5f 501009 Los Angeles CA-Honolulu HI UAL Harry W Huking $3.00
F30-6 501009 Honolulu HI-Los Angeles CA UAL Fred Angstadt $3.00

UA
Douglas DC-8

F30-10 671001 San Francisco CA-Hilo HI UAL $135.00
F30-10f 671001 San Francisco CA-Hilo HI UAL $120.00
F30-11 671001 Hilo HI-Honolulu HI UAL Park R Learned &
Newell T Johnson
$270.00
F30-15 671002 Hilo HI-San Francisco CA UAL Park R Learned &
Newell T Johnson
$75.00
F30-12 671002 Los Angeles CA-Hilo HI UAL $270.00
F30-12f 671002 Los Angeles CA-Hilo HI UAL $90.00
F30-14 671001 Hilo HI-Los Angeles CA UAL Jack A Horrell &
Robert W Hank
$3.75

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