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Gorst Air Transport seaplanes at Pier 3, Seattle, circa 1933
Order an ImageGorst Air Transport "Air Ferry" service used amphibian planes which would land in the water and then move up onto the ramp for safe and convenient passenger loading. There were various amphibious commuter biplanes used, manufactured by Boeing (the B-1E, the 204 and later the larger Model 80 and 80A tri-motors), by Keystone-Loening (the Amphibian Air Yacht), by Ryan (the M-1), and by Travel Air (the Floatplane).
Vernon C. Gorst, who previously had founded Pacific Air Transport in 1926 (which provided air transportation and the first airmail service between Los Angeles and Seattle), established Gorst Air Transport sometime in the late 1920s. Aviation magnate William Boeing merged several small pioneer air service companies, including Gorst's Pacific Air Transport, and formed United Air Transport in 1931 that later became United Air Lines.
Signs in image: Pier No. 3. Air Ferry - 12 Minutes to Bremerton.
Caption on image: Home of "The Air Ferry Line" - Gorst Air Transport Inc. Seattle.
Handwritten on verso: JW Vogel, Seattle.
Vernon C. Gorst, who previously had founded Pacific Air Transport in 1926 (which provided air transportation and the first airmail service between Los Angeles and Seattle), established Gorst Air Transport sometime in the late 1920s. Aviation magnate William Boeing merged several small pioneer air service companies, including Gorst's Pacific Air Transport, and formed United Air Transport in 1931 that later became United Air Lines.
Signs in image: Pier No. 3. Air Ferry - 12 Minutes to Bremerton.
Caption on image: Home of "The Air Ferry Line" - Gorst Air Transport Inc. Seattle.
Handwritten on verso: JW Vogel, Seattle.
ID Number: 1987.45.17
Date: Circa 1933
Creator(s):
Vogel, J.W., Photographer
Physical Description: 1 photographic postcard : b&w ; 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.
Credit: MOHAI, 1987.45.17
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
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