Pilot Anthony H. "Tony" Jannus (right) poses with a passenger in the Benoist Airboat Type XIV No. 43 on January 1, 1914, opening day of the St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line in St. Petersburg, Florida..
more »Pilot Anthony H. "Tony" Jannus (right) poses with a passenger in the Benoist Airboat Type XIV No. 43 on January 1, 1914, opening day of the St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line in St. Petersburg, Florida. Jannus's voyage across Tampa Bay marked the world's first commercial airline flight. The passenger might be Mae Peabody from Dubuque, Iowa, who flew with Jannus and was the first woman passenger on a commercial airline flight.
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