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Page FAM032 (Revised 12/13/2007)

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.

NA
Douglas DC-4

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

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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

NA
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

NA
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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