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st petersburg tampa airboat line wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 history 2 aircraft 3 see also 4 notes 5 references toggle references subsection 5 1 sources 6 external links toggle the table of contents st petersburg tampa airboat line 7 languages العربية español فارسی nederlands polski русский türkçe edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia early airline which operated in florida united states jan may 1914 spt airboat line iata icao call sign founded 1913 113 years ago 1913 commenced operations january 1 1914 112 years ago 1914 01 01 ceased operations may 5 1914 112 years ago 1914 05 05 fleet size 2 destinations st petersburg tampa headquarters tampa florida u s key people thomas w benoist the st petersburg tampa airboat line spt airboat line was the first scheduled airline in the united states using a fixed wing aircraft the airline provided service between st petersburg florida and neighboring tampa across tampa bay a distance of about 23 miles 37 km it was in service from january to may 1914 history edit p e fansler 1 brought in thomas w benoist to start a service using his new airboats to create a service to connect the two cities that were as much as a day s travel apart in 1913 depending on means of travel 2 hours by boat 20 hours by car 4 to 12 hours by train 2 by plane the travel time was about 23 minutes 3 a 3 month contract was signed with the st petersburg board of trade on the 10th anniversary of the kitty hawk flight on december 17 1913 according to which the board of trade agreed to guarantee meeting the expenses of the airline should it not break even 4 5 the hangars promised for the airline were not completed 6 and the company s green hulled 7 airboat number 44 8 9 went missing for several days leading up to the launch date as the freight train carrying it could not be located 10 refer to benoist type xiv for further information on the airboats used on the st petersburg tampa airboat line including clarification on the wide spread the lark of duluth and benoist number 44 conflation confusion which was straightened out via the reliance on primary sources in this case numerous 1913 1914 newspaper articles and aero and hydro publications on january 1 1914 the spt airboat line became the first scheduled winged airline service in the united states 3 nb 1 that same day antony h jannus piloted the airline s benoist type xiv on its maiden flight between st petersburg and tampa 3 due to widespread media coverage by the st petersburg times there were reportedly over 3 000 spectators at a parade accompanied by an italian band at the departure point an auction was then conducted for the first round trip ticket it was won with a final bid of 400 by the former mayor of st petersburg abram c pheil pheil then boarded the wooden open air craft for the 23 minute flight 12 that rarely exceeded an altitude of 5 feet 1 5 m above the water of tampa bay 3 two additional benoist air boats were added to the fleet soon after 13 one was used to ferry passengers it was a 3 person capacity benoist number 45 equipped with a 75hp roberts motor 14 and the second one was a one person capacity airboat used to train pilots 15 ticket prices were 5 per one way flight equivalent to 161 in 2025 16 the first air cargo was a bundle of st petersburg times newspapers freight rates were 5 per 100 pounds 16 the airline continued to make flights until may 5 1914 five weeks after contract termination 3 from start to finish the airline covered over 7 000 miles 11 000 km 172 flights and 1 205 passengers 17 commenting on the significance of the st petersburg tampa airboat line thomas benoist the builder of the benoist airboats said some day people will be crossing oceans on airliners like they do on steamships today the airline served as a prototype for today s global airline industry 18 aircraft edit a benoist xiv was used for flights first takeoff run january 1 1914 airplane over tampa bay in 1914 see also edit list of airlines by foundation date list of defunct airlines of the united states notes edit on march 22 1913 compagnie générale transaérienne started the world s first scheduled passenger carrying fixed wing flights within france and before that was operating a seaplane service in switzerland on lakes lucerne and geneva 11 references edit d v m ralph s cooper first air line 1914 www earlyaviators com retrieved december 8 2017 vittorio sabadin january 25 2014 il secolo scomodo delle linee aeree la stampa in italian retrieved january 25 2014 1 2 3 4 5 st petersburgtampa airboat line world s first scheduled airline using winged aircraft historynet www historynet com june 12 2006 retrieved december 8 2017 white gay blair 1984 the world s first airline largo florida aero medical consultants inc p 8 isbn 0 912522 74 7 michaels will 2012 the making of st petersburg charleston history press pp 95 96 isbn 978 1 60949 833 7 thomas reilly jannus an american flier flying boat to be shipped to florida news democrat paducah ky december 23 1913 benoist will rush more air boats here from st louis tampa bay times january 7 1914 benoist airline division st petersburg and tampa boat no 44 motor roberts pilot anthony jannus trip dates load time miles service etc for jan 1 10 1914 aero and hydro january 24 1914 airboat arrives at st pete ready tomorrow tampa tribune december 31 1913 taylor 1989 davies r e g 1972 airlines of the united states since 1914 washington d c smithsonian institution press p 2 isbn 0 87474 381 8 reilly thomas 1997 jannus an american flyer gainesville florida university press of florida p 150 isbn 0 8130 1544 8 benoist introduces new model air boat aero and hydro february 14 1914 airboats get here after so many delays tampa bay times january 31 1914 1 2 white gay blair 1984 the world s first airline largo florida aero medical consultants inc p 27 isbn 0 912522 74 7 st petersburgtampa airboat line world s first scheduled airline using winged aircraft june 12 2006 michaels will 2012 the making of st petersburg charleston history press p 98 isbn 978 1 60949 833 7 sources edit taylor michael j h 1989 jane s encyclopedia of aviation london studio editions isbn 9780517103166 external links edit view images of the day of the maiden voyage portals united states florida 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