Tony Jannus poses with a passenger on the Benoist AirBoat No. 43 while others tend to the plane in Tampa, Florida

Creator

Unknown

Files

Preview

Creation Date

1-1-1914

Time Period

circa January-May 1914

Abstract

Tony Jannus poses with a passenger on the Benoist AirBoat No. 43 while others tend to the plane in Tampa, Florida. On January 1, 1914 Jannus piloted the airboat on the world's first commercial airline flight, which traveled across the bay from St. Petersburg, Florida to Tampa.

Keywords

Airlines, Air pilots, Airboats, Seaplanes, Aeronautics, Commercial

Extent

1 black-and-white photograph

Subject: geographic

Hillsborough County (Fla.); Tampa (Fla.); Tampa Bay (Fla.); St. Petersburg (Fla.)

Physical Collection

Gandy commercial and aerial photography collection

Box

1

Digital Date

2024

Media Type

Black-and-white photographs

Identifier

Gandy 01_0282_Undetermined.jpg

Recommended Citation

Unknown, "Tony Jannus poses with a passenger on the Benoist AirBoat No. 43 while others tend to the plane in Tampa, Florida" (1914). Gandy Photographs - General, Culture, Politics. Image 299.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/gandy/299