Benoist Airboat at St. Petersburg-Tampa Flight, C

Creator

George Skip Gandy IV

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Creation Date

1-1-1914

Abstract

A large crowd gathers along the waterfront to witness pilot Anthony H. "Tony" Jannus fly 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.

Keywords

Airboats, Waterfronts, Crowds

Extent

1 black-and-white photograph

Subject: geographic

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

Physical Collection

Gandy Commercial and Aerial Photography Collection

Box

13

Digital Date

2024

Media Type

Black-and-white photographs

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Identifier

Gandy 13_0869_Undetermined

Recommended Citation

Gandy, George Skip IV, "Benoist Airboat at St. Petersburg-Tampa Flight, C" (1914). Gandy Photographs - General, Culture, Politics. Image 3347.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/gandy/3347