Gorst Air Transport  Loening C-2C Air Yacht   NC9728              (c/n  216)

                                  

                                     Gorst Air Transport was founded by Vern Gorst, (formerly CEO of Pacific Air Transport)
                                     in June 1929 .  It provided service from Seattle to Bremerton with intermediate stops
                                     across Puget Sound with a small fleet of Loening amphibians.  Another airline offering
                                    "Every hour on the hour" service, the fledgling line ran until the mid 1930s.   The above
                                    photo is from the Museum of History and Industry archives in Seattle.  That the machines
                                    were also chartered out is seen in the nice shot below from the University of Washington
                                    Library collection showing some fishermen having a right good old time with the Loening
                                    as their base.