Gorst Air Transport’s Loening Air Yacht

This clip features Gorst Air Transport’s Loening Air Yacht, an amphibious airliner produced in the United States at the end of the 1920s. The aircraft lands on water and pulls up to a rocky beach, where several adults and children greet the airplane (B&W/Silent/16mm film). This film sequence is an excerpt of AAF-2239 from the Seppala-Hanks collection held by the Alaska Film Archives, a unit of the Alaska & Polar Regions Department in the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks. The Alaska Film Archives appreciates your support. Your donation in any amount will help us continue important preservation work. Please visit the “About” section of our YouTube channel to learn how you can help today. Thank you! For more information please contact the Alaska Film Archives.