I found this photo in my in-laws honeymoon photos. My father in law told me that they took a DC-3 ride across Florida to look at some land scheme. They got a free steak dinner and an airplane ride out of the deal...

Searching online I find information about the Gulf American land deals, Golden Gate Estates near Naples. I found that there were many airplanes associated with Gulf American. I cannot find any other photos of their airplanes.

This photo shows a partial registration of N35? _ _ _

Anyone know of other photos or data for Gulf American?

Thanks.

Zane

I tried to look for photos... no luck...

did find this.

http://simplify3.wordpress.com/2007/02/21/golden-gate-estates-nefarious-history/

Gulf American Land Corporation

(founded by Leonard and Julius “Jack” Rosen of Baltimore via Miami) which was formed in 1957. Gulf American’s subsequent “developments” were land promotion schemes subdividing land, selling lots, and not much else using the technology of the day including the autotype machine, WATS line (and resulting boiler room sales promotion tactics), black & white television advertisements, national newspaper advertising, slick colorful sales brochures, the free steak dinner (to hear the sales pitch), and the “free” trips to Florida, and aggressive salesmen to close the deal. Gulf American purchased a travel agency and a charter airline with 15 planes to fly prospects to its developments at lower cost. By 1967 when Gulf Americans land sales activity peaked, it was Florida’s fourth largest publicly traded corporation with more than 500,000 acres of land for sale in Florida and across the

United States.

Yeah Gulf American was quite the mover in 1960's land speculation...Florida and Arizona. They flew people over the property because they couldn't sell it if they saw it from the ground... : Wetlands in Arizona and Drylands in Florida...

If you look on Google maps, satellite view, just east of Naples Florida you can see the left over roads they never developed.

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