AEROMARINE AIRWAYS, INC.
MIAMI, FLORIDA

A Website About Aeromarine Airways In October of 1920, a fast merger was concluded between Aeromarine Sightseeing and Navigation Company, one of the subsidiaries of Aeromarine Plane and Motor Company, and Florida West Indies Airways, Inc., which had just won an airmail contract from the U.S. Post Office for the Key West to Havana route, but lacked the planes to operate the contract. On November 1, 1920, the resulting company, ). They had been modified for civilian usage and renamed Model 75s by the Aeromarine Plane and Motor Company of Keyport, New Jersey. They featured luxurious accommodations for 11 passengers in 2 compartments, and were manned by three crewmen - a pilot and mechanic/copilot in an open cockpit above the enclosed cabin, and a bowman. Powered by two 420 h.p. Liberty engines, the 75s had a top speed of 85 mph and range of 340 miles. Fully loaded, they could also carry about 300 pounds of freight. The Aeromarine flying boats were advertised to the public as being the height of safety, because they carried their landing field with them and were operated by skilled ex-Navy pilots. During this first season of operations Aeromarine West Indies Airways also began flying between Miami and Bimini. Aeromarine Airways (company having been renamed after a management reorganization) moved north, and began to offer regular service during the summer months between New York City, Atlantic City, Southampton and additional destinations on Long Island, Newport, Lake George, and other regional resort destinations. Next winter, it returned to Florida - expanding its service to Palm Beach and Nassau, in addition to Havana,