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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-45: FAM-45 was awarded to Mackey Airlines.
        Mackey Airlines was founded on September 30, 1946 by former stunt pilot and US Air Force Colonel, Joseph C Mackey. Mackey Airlines flew primarily out of West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale and Miami to a number of islands in the Bahamas.
        FAM-45 was awarded to Mackey Airlines and on February 1, 1966 flying a Douglas DC-6, it inaugurated flight service from Miami FL to Bimini Bahamas.

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Douglas DC-6

F45-1 660201 Miami FL-Bimini Bahamas MA $420.00
F45-1f 660201 Miami FL-Bimini Bahamas MA $345.00
F45-2 660202 Bimini Bahamas-Miami FL MA $187.50
F45-3 660202 Fresh Creek Andros Town Bahamas-Miami FL MA $187.50

        On January 1, 1967 Mackey Airlines was acquired by Eastern Air Lines. In 1977 Mackey's Fort Lauderdale headquarters was the target of a bombing attributed to Cuban anti-Castro activity in the US. It ceased operations later that year.

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