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Page FAM095 (Revised 12/16/2007)

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-95: FAM-95 was awarded to Northwest Airlines.
        After a series of crashes Charles Dickinson went out of business and on October 1, 1926 Northwest Airways took over their routes (CAM-9). NWA was incorporated on August 1, 1926 as a Michigan corporation formed by a group of Detroit and Twin-Cities businessmen using borrowed aircraft. NWA immediately purchased three Stinson Detroiter aircraft capable of carrying the mail and three passengers at 85 mph. On April 16, 1934 Northwest Airlines (NA) was incorporated replacing the former Northwest Airways. In 1939 NA received its first DC-3's.
        FAM-95 was awarded to Northwest Airlines and on December 2, 1948 it inaugurated flight service from Seattle WA to Honolulu HI.

NA
Douglas DC-4

F95-1 481202 Seattle WA-Honolulu HI NA Mal B Freeburg $3.00
F95-1f 481202 Seattle WA-Honolulu HI NA Mal B Freeburg $3.00
F95-3 481202 Honolulu HI-Seattle WA NA RJ McNown $3.00
F95-2 481202 Portland OR-Honolulu HI NA Mal B Freeburg $3.00
F95-3a 481202 Honolulu HI-Portland OR NA RJ McNown $4.50

CAA
Boeing 707

F95-5 671217 Seattle WA-Hilo HI NA Don Leonard $11.25
F95-5f 671217 Seattle WA-Hilo HI NA Don Leonard $11.25
F95-6 671222 Honolulu HI-Hilo HI NA Don Leonard $18.75
F95-7 671222 Hilo HI-Seattle WA NA Don Leonard $3.75

F95-10 681215 Portland OR-Hilo HI NA -- $270.00

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