Benoist Model 14-B Airboat Exterior, A

Creator

• George Skip Gandy IV

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Creation Date

1963

Time Period

circa 1963-1964

Abstract

An exterior view of a Benoist Model 14 flying air boat with the tail number N1914S in 1963-1964, likely for the 50th anniversary of the worlds first commercial airline flight across Tampa Bay from St. Petersburg, Florida, to Tampa, Florida, on January 1, 1914. The historic flight was piloted by Anthony H. "Tony" Jannus in the Benoist XIV.

Alt Text

A biplane with the word "Benoist" on its side, parked on a tarmac under a cloudy sky. Several other aircraft are visible in the background.

Keywords

Seaplanes, Wooden airplanes, Airframes, Airplanes--Design and construction

Extent

1 black-and-white photograph

Subject: geographic

Hillsborough County (Fla.); Tampa (Fla.)

Physical Collection

Gandy Commercial and Aerial Photography Collection

Box

1

Digital Date

2024

Media Type

Black-and-white photographs

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Identifier

Gandy 01_0289

Creative Commons

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 License

Recommended Citation

Gandy, George Skip IV, "Benoist Model 14-B Airboat Exterior, A" (1963). Gandy Photographs - Commercial. Image 49.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/gandy_commercial/49