Man Working on Benoist Model 14-B Airboat, E

Creator

• George Skip Gandy IV

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Creation Date

1963

Time Period

circa 1963-1964

Abstract

A man works on the wing of the Benoist Model 14-B airboat, a full-size replica of the Benoist XIV No. 43 flown by Anthony H. "Tony" Jannus in the world's first commercial airline flight across Tampa Bay from St. Petersburg to Tampa, Florida, on January 1, 1914. The replica was built to reenact the flight for its 50th anniversary circa 1963-1964.

Alt Text

A group of people in a workshop observing and working on the construction of an aircraft wing. The scene includes various tools and equipment scattered around the workspace.

Keywords

Plane, Airplanes, Flying Boat, Benoist

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_0331

Creative Commons

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

Recommended Citation

Gandy, George Skip IV, "Man Working on Benoist Model 14-B Airboat, E" (1963). Gandy Photographs - Commercial. Image 83.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/gandy_commercial/83