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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-35: FAM-35 was awarded to Eastern Air Lines.
On January 17, 1930 Pitcairn Aviation was re-named Eastern Air Transport. Supplementing its fleet of Mailwing’s, EAT acquired three Ford Trimotors. On January 1, 1931 EAT flying its Ford Trimotor, inaugurated its first combined passenger and air mail flight service between St Petersburg FL and Newark NJ. EAT later became Eastern Air Lines (EAL) on March 29, 1938. Former WW-I hero, Captain Eddie Rickenbacker took over at the "new" Eastern Air Lines. All Eastern's equipment bore the legend "The Great Silver Fleet." In 1949 "The Great Silver Fleet" legend was replaced with "Fly - Eastern Air Lines".
FAM-35 was awarded to Eastern Air Lines and on July 23, 1957 it inaugurated flight service from New Orleans LA to Mexico City Mexico.

EAL

Douglas DC-7

F35-1	570723	New Orleans LA-Mexico City Mexico	EAL		$3.75
F35-1f	570723	New Orleans LA-Mexico City Mexico	EAL		$4.50
F35-2	570723	Mexico City Mexico-New Orleans LA	EAL		$15.00

F35-3	570919	New York NY-Mexico City Mexico	EAL		$3.75
F35-3f	570919	New York NY-Mexico City Mexico	EAL		$3.75
F35-4	570919	Mexico City Mexico-New York NY	EAL		$11.25

EAL

Douglas DC-8

F35-10	660106	New York NY-Acapulco Mexico	EAL	Lenox M Hodge & Curtis L Osborn	$3.75
F35-10f	660106	New York NY-Acapulco Mexico	EAL	Lenox M Hodge & Curtis L Osborn	$3.00
F35-10u	660106	United Nations NY-Acapulco Mexico	EAL	Lenox M Hodge & Curtis L Osborn	$4.50
F35-11	660107	Acapulco Mexico-New York NY	EAL		$313.00

F35-15	660701	New York NY-Acapulco Mexico	EAL	Melvin H French & Ellis Traub	$6.00
F35-15f	660701	New York NY-Acapulco Mexico	EAL	Melvin H French & Ellis Traub	$3.00
F35-15u	660701	United Nations NY-Acapulco Mexico	EAL	Melvin H French & Ellis Traub	$7.50
F35-16	660702	Acapulco Mexico-New York NY	EAL		$19.00

F35-20

670506

Mexico City Mexico-Washington DC

EAL

$11.25

F35-25	710701	Atlanta GA-Mexico City Mexico	EAL		$4.50
F35-25f	710701	Atlanta GA-Mexico City Mexico	EAL		$3.75

F35-30	721216	Atlanta GA-Acapulco Mexico	EAL		$4.50
F35-30f	721216	Atlanta GA-Acapulco Mexico	EAL		$3.75
F35-31	721216	Acapulco Mexico-Atlanta GA	EAL		$11.25

EAL

Lockheed Tristar

F35-35a	781101	New Orleans LA-Cancun Mexico	EAL	Frank Allen Causey & Ronald Frank Wingate	$4.50
F35-35fa	781101	New Orleans LA-Cancun Mexico	EAL	Frank Allen Causey & Ronald Frank Wingate	$4.50
F35-35b	781101	New Orleans LA-Cozumel Mexico	EAL	Frank Allen Causey & Ronald Frank Wingate	$4.50
F35-35fb	781101	New Orleans LA-Cozumel Mexico	EAL	Frank Allen Causey & Ronald Frank Wingate	$3.75
F35-35	781101	New Orleans LA-Merida Mexico	EAL	Frank Allen Causey & Ronald Frank Wingate	$4.50
F35-35f	781101	New Orleans LA-Merida Mexico	EAL	Frank Allen Causey & Ronald Frank Wingate	$4.50

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