web-catalog        FAM Foreign Air Mail First Flights F32

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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-32: FAM-32 was awarded to National Airlines.
        National Airlines Systems was founded in St Petersburg FL inaugurating flight service on October 15, 1934 between St. Petersburg and Daytona Beach via Tampa, Lakeland and Orlando. Its initial fleet consisted of Ryan Brougham aircraft. On July 8, 1937 NAS became National Airlines (NA). NA extended its routes to Jacksonville and Miami flying Stinson Model T Tri-motor aircraft.
        FAM-32 was awarded to National Airlines and on December 15, 1946 flying a Douglas DC-4 piloted by EP McDonald, it inaugurated flight service from Miami FL to Havana Cuba.

F32-1	461215	Miami FL-Havana Cuba	NA	EP McDonald	$4.50
F32-3	461215	Havana Cuba-Miami FL	NA	Emerson E Snyder	$7.50
F32-2	461215	Tampa FL-Havana Cuba	NA	Emerson E Snyder	$3.75
F32-4	461215	Havana Cuba-Tampa FL	NA	EP McDonald	$15.00

Douglas DC-6

F32-7	530101	New York NY-Havana Cuba	NA	Thomas M Sutor	$4.50
F32-7f	530101	New York NY-Havana Cuba	NA	Thomas M Sutor	$4.50

Boeing 747

F32-10	700615	Miami FL-London England	NA	David E Burch & Robert E Dougall	$3.75
F32-10f	700615	Miami FL-London England	NA	David E Burch & Robert E Dougall	$3.00

McDonnell-Douglas DC-10

F32-12	770622	Miami FL-Paris France	NA	David E Burch & Richard R Strand	$4.50
F32-12f	770622	Miami FL-Paris France	NA	David E Burch & Richard R Strand	$3.00

F32-15	780501	Miami FL-Frankfurt Germany	NA	William R Boyd & James A Myer	$3.75
F32-15f	780501	Miami FL-Frankfurt Germany	NA	William R Boyd & James A Myer	$3.00
F32-17	780502	Amsterdam Netherlands-Miami FL	NA	Paul E Nelson & Neil O Sapp	$15.00
F32-18a	780504	Tampa FL-Amsterdam Netherlands	NA	James G Brown & Richard R Strand	$3.00
F32-18	780504	Tampa FL-Frankfurt Germany	NA	James G Brown & Richard R Strand	$3.00
F32-19	780505	Frankfurt Germany-Tampa FL	NA	Thomas Perkins & George Morris	$15.00
F32-20	780505	Amsterdam Netherland-Tampa FL	NA	Thomas Perkins & George Morris	$15.00
F32-21	780506	Miami FL-Amsterdam Netherlands	NA	Paul E Nelson & Neil O Sapp	$3.75
F32-21f	780506	Miami FL-Amsterdam Netherlands	NA	Paul E Nelson & Neil O Sapp	$3.75
F32-22a	780702	New Orleans LA-Amsterdam Netherlands	NA	James Meyer & Lynn Cox	$3.75
F32-22fa	780702	New Orleans LA-Amsterdam Netherlands	NA	James Meyer & Lynn Cox	$3.00
F32-22	780702	New Orleans LA-Frankfurt Germany	NA	James Meyer & Lynn Cox	$4.50
F32-22f	780702	New Orleans LA-Frankfurt Germany	NA	James Meyer & Lynn Cox	$3.00

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