If you are just visiting and found the information you were looking for please contribute to the running costs by making a donation.	Forums : : Register : : Log In : : Log Out : : Help : : Calendar : : Search
	My Setup : : Member List : : Contact Admin : : Today's Posts

All Forums >> [Bottle Forums] >> Sodas - Embossed, Paper Label and ACLs. >> Sky Pilot Cola

Page: [1]

Login Message << Older Topic   Newer Topic >>

Sky Pilot Cola - 8/20/2008 9:39:57 PM    GeorgiaVol   Posts: 267 Joined: 5/3/2008 Status: offline Does anyone know how rare a Detroit "Sky Pilot Cola" bottle is? Post #: 1

RE: Sky Pilot Cola - 8/20/2008 9:47:33 PM    madman   Posts: 4961 Joined: 2/5/2005 Status: offline yo sky pilot, iused to live in toledo ohio 50 miles from d town, lots of detroit bottles there,  for some reason theres not much interest in toledo or detroit bottles, cause no one cares ,god detroit is a jackpot but its just to scarey to dig, my guess its a good bottle  mike _____________________________ always looking for eastern TENN sodas, milks and pharms, also anything from TOLEDO OHIO and MARION VA. (in reply to GeorgiaVol) Post #: 2

RE: Sky Pilot Cola - 8/21/2008 10:42:32 AM    bottleopop   Posts: 11 Joined: 2/15/2008 Status: offline The Sky Pilot bottle has some unusual design elements and a rather odd name.  I see them come up for sale in auction from time to time.  Some are greenish and some have no color.  I guess they were made in different towns.  I obtained a greenish one recently and was curious about it.  Descriptions often say that there is a picture of "the aviator" on the bottle.  I have come to believe that the picture is actually not an aviator but instead a fictional character called the Sky Pilot from the book The Sky Pilot: A Tale of the Foothills by Ralph Connor, 1901.  The term "sky pilot" is slang for military chaplain.  As near as I can tell, the story is about a missionary to the cowboy country of the Alberta foothills East of the Rockies.  The locals in the story decided to nickname him the Sky Pilot.  The bottle has rope designs on it, possibly referring to lariat ropes.  Why someone picked the Sky Pilot name and drawing to put on a U.S. bottle is a mystery to me. < Message edited by bottleopop -- 8/21/2008 10:53:38 AM > (in reply to GeorgiaVol) Post #: 3

RE: Sky Pilot Cola - 8/21/2008 9:17:28 PM    GeorgiaVol   Posts: 267 Joined: 5/3/2008 Status: offline Here is a picture of it Attachment (1) (in reply to bottleopop) Post #: 4

RE: Sky Pilot Cola - 8/21/2008 9:33:36 PM    capsoda Posts: 8087 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline Can I have it???  Juss jokin dude. I am lookin for one but I want the one with the airplane on it. I believe it is from Detroit or somewhere up there and it is clear. I have seen the green ones on Ebay quite often and the sell for 8 to 20 bucks usually. < Message edited by capsoda -- 8/21/2008 9:36:30 PM > _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to GeorgiaVol) Post #: 5

All Forums >> [Bottle Forums] >> Sodas - Embossed, Paper Label and ACLs. >> Sky Pilot Cola

Page: [1]

New Messages No New Messages Hot Topic w/ New Messages Hot Topic w/o New Messages Locked w/ New Messages Locked w/o New Messages

Post New Thread  Reply to Message  Post New Poll  Submit Vote  Delete My Own Post  Delete My Own Thread  Rate Posts