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Comstol Air Transit STOL proposal : to David Brower, Executive Director, Sierra Club, San Francisco, Calif., 1968 July 12.
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Comstol Air Transit STOL proposal: to David Brower, Executive Director, Sierra Club, San Francisco, Calif., 1968 July 12Creator/Contributor:
Comstol Air Transit, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Brower, David, 1912-2000, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Fuller, Gerald E., correspondent.Abstract:
Contains materials from a marketing packet of Comstol Air Transit, Inc., offering air taxi services using short take-off and
landing aircraft (STOL) to the Sierra Club and its members. Includes a cover letter signed by the chief pilot, Gerald E. Fuller,
addressed to David Brower, Executive Director of the Sierra Club. Also includes copies of articles and clippings on Comstol
Air Transit services and personnel. Also includes four photographs (b & w, 8x 10) depicting aircraft used by the company in
flight. Two of the photographs depict planes that are polka-dotted with one photograph having the caption "The Polka Dot Airline."
Date:
1968 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caAir travel -- California
Short take-off and landing aircraft -- Pictorial works
Commuter aircraft -- California -- Pictorial works
Local service airlines -- California -- Oakland
Local service airlines -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Voyages en avion -- Californie
Avions de transport régional -- Californie -- Ouvrages illustrés
Air travel
Commuter aircraft
Local service airlines
Short take-off and landing aircraft
California
California -- Oakland
California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Comstol Air Transit. -- Archives
Comstol Air Transit. -- Correspondence
Comstol Air Transit. -- Pictorial works
Note:
Purchase; Marc Selvaggio; 20110318.
Comstol Air Transit provided air services between Oakland International Airport and ski resorts in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Comstol promoted itself as "the fun airline."
Preferred citation: Comstol Air Transit STOL proposal : to David Brower, Executive Director, Sierra Club, San Francisco, Calif.,
1968 July 12, BANC MSS 2011/33, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.
Type:
promotional materials.Promotional materials
Archives
Pictorial works
Personal correspondence
Photographs.
Promotional materials.
Matériel de promotion.
Physical Description:
1 folder
Language:
English