The Benoist XIV, also called The Lark of Duluth, was a small biplane flying boat built in the United States in 1913 in the hope of using it to carry paying passengers. The two examples built were used to provide the first heavier-than-air airline service anywhere in the world,[citation needed] and the first airline service of any kind at all in the United States.[citation needed]
The first fixed-wing scheduled airline was started on January 1, 1914. The flight was piloted by Tony Jannus[1] and flew from St. Petersburg, Florida, to Tampa, Florida, operated by the St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line.[2]
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The BenoistXIV, also called The Lark of Duluth, was a small biplane flying boat built in the United States in 1913 in the hope of using it to carry paying...
breakout also saw the privately produced pair of BenoistXIV biplane flying boats, designed by Thomas W. Benoist, initiate the start of the first heavier-than-air...
piloted the twenty-three-minute inaugural flight of the pioneer airline's BenoistXIV flying boat biplane. A crowd of 3,000 gathered at the pier to watch the...
and philosopher Antoine Benoist (painter) (1632–1717), French artist who was painter and sculptor to Louis XIV Antoine Benoist (engraver) (by 1721–1770)...
St Louis, Missouri, by Thomas W. Benoist. Over the next five years, it would build 106 aircraft, including BenoistXIVs that would be used for the first...
partially disassembled and returned to Fantasy of Flight on March 13, 2014. BenoistXIV – Full size reproduction was built at Fantasy of Flight in an attempt...
flight's takeoff on January 1, 1914, also has an operational replica of the BenoistXIV airplane flown by Jannus that day.: 334 On January 29, 2011, the American...
Jannus (the first federally-licensed pilot) conveying passengers in a BenoistXIV flying boat. Abram C. Pheil, mayor of St. Petersburg, is the first airline...
Tampa, Florida, passing some 50 feet (15 m) above Tampa Bay in Jannus' BenoistXIV wood and muslin biplane flying boat. His passenger was a former mayor...
500L 2018 WW1 or Before Curtiss Model F 1912 flying boat, 150+ built BenoistXIV 1913 transport flying boat, 2 built FBA Type A, B, C 1913 patrol flying...
birthplace of scheduled commercial airline flight. On January 1, 1914, a BenoistXIV flying boat from the company St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line piloted...
Jannus (the first federally-licensed pilot) conveying passengers in a Benoist flying boat. Abram C. Pheil, former mayor of St. Petersburg, was the first...
Jannus (the first federally licensed pilot) conveying passengers in a BenoistXIV flying boat. Abram C. Pheil, mayor of St. Petersburg, is the first airline...
heavier-than-air aircraft, with Anthony Jannus conveying passengers in a BenoistXIV flying boat. A.C. Pheil is the first airline passenger.[citation needed]...
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