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West Coast Air Transport West Coast Air Transport operated out of Portland, Oregon initially flying between Portland and San Francisco. There are a number of great locally produced Real Photo postcards made for the airline showing their Bach Air Yacht aircraft. Later they acquired some Fokker F.10 airliners. They were owned and operated by Union Air Lines of Sacramento until Western Air Express bought them in 1929. The postcards are all pretty rare. In 1930 Western Air Express, Transcontinental Air Transport, and Pittsburgh Aviation Industries Corp. merged to form Transcontinental & Western Air. Album by Barry Hepsley. 1 - 12 of 18 Total. 2862 Visits.
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1 West Coast Air Transport Bach Air Yacht. 4184 The original fleet of 8 planes started service between San Francisco and Seattle on Mar. 5, 1928. A passenger wrote on the back of this card his flight from Seattle to Portland was on this plane. 2 West Coast Air Transport Bach Air Yacht. 4184 Eight-Passenger Enclosed Cabin Air Liner. Portland to Seattle 1 hr. 15 min. Portland to San Francisco 5 hours. 3 West Coast Air Transport Bach Air Yacht. 4184 The aircraft in front of the hanger buildings. 4 West Coast Air Transport Bach Air Yacht. 4184 Another view similar to the 1st card. Passenger wrote on the back, "I haven't been so thrilled in years." 5 West Coast Air Transport Bach Air Yacht. 4184 Clear postmark on the back from Seattle, Oct. 15, 1928. 6 Union Air Lines - West Coast Air Transport Union Air Lines was the Owner and Operator of West Coast Air Transport. Bach Air Yacht. 7092. A different Bach Air Yacht in front of the hangers. 7 West Coast Air Transport Bach Air Yacht. 4184 All of the above Real Photo postcards showing the Bach Air Yacht had this back with the AZO 4 squares stamp box. 8 West Coast Air Transport Bach Air Yacht. 4184 Page from an advertising booklet from the Consolidated Instrument Company of America. Back lists the specifications of the Bach Air Yacht from the Bach Aircraft Company of Santa Monica, CA. 9 West Coast Air Transport Bach Air Yacht. 4184 September 4, 1928. Not a postcard. 10 West Coast Air Transport Fokker F.10A NC 585K. Great image of the aircraft near the hanger. A Real Photo postcard by local photographer Stockton. 11 West Coast Air Transport An early back on this Real Photo postcard. 12 West Coast Air Transport Fokker F.10A NC 585K. The scheduled times in the text match the times on the Bach Air Yacht cards.
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