Goldfield Corporation - Specimen Stock Certificate

Specimen Stock printed by Security-Columbian United States Banknote Corporation. This company owned Frontier Airlines from 1962 to 1965. In April 1958, Lewis Bergman "Bud" Maytag, Jr., the grandson of Frederick Louis Maytag I, the founder of the Maytag Corporation, acquired a controlling stake in Frontier. Following the necessary governmental approvals, he assumed control in January 1959, taking on the roles of chairman of the board and president. Three years later, in March 1962, Maytag divested his shares to the Goldfield Corp. and subsequently acquired a controlling interest in National Airlines. Lewis W. Dymond was appointed president of Frontier, and under his leadership, the airline transitioned into the jet age with the introduction of new Boeing 727-100s on September 30, 1966. The airline referred to the Boeing trijet as the "Arrow-Jet," and the Boeing 727-200 was added to the fleet in February 1968.