On Bayshore Drive Southeast east of Dali Boulevard, on the left.
Within a decade after the famous Wright Brothers' 1903 flight, aviation history was being made in Florida. The first transcontinental flight landed at Jacksonville in 1912, a naval air training center opened at Pensacola in 1913, and the St. . . . — — Map (db m50438) HM
On 2nd Avenue Northeast east of Bayshore Drive Northeast, on the right when traveling east.
front plaque: From this site the St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line, The World's First Scheduled Airline, began regular flights between St. Petersburg and Tampa, January 1, 1914.
This plaque and site dedicated December 4, 1953 by the . . . — — Map (db m50437) HM
On 2nd Avenue Northeast east of Bayshore Drive Northeast, on the left when traveling east.
On January 1, 1914, the "aeroplane" was demonstrated as a viable means of commercial transportation with the inaugural flight of the St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line, the world's first regularly scheduled commercial airline. Piloted by Tony H. . . . — — Map (db m140622) HM
On Bayshore Boulevard at West Platt Street on Bayshore Boulevard.
Commemorating
The world's first scheduled
commercial airline
near this site. St. Petersburg to Tampa
Jan 1, 1914
Pilot of Benoist Airboat
Tony Jannus
P.E. Fansler, Owner
Erected Feb 1956 by the
Tampa Federation of
Garden Club . . . — — Map (db m34230) HM
