SPT Airlines’ Benoist Type XIV flying boat takes off on the first scheduled commercial passenger flight, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1 January 1914. (State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory)
Benoist Type XIV No. 43, SPT Airlines, first commercial passenger flight, St. Petersburg to Tampa, 1 January 1914
Would it be possible to obtain a copy of your photo of the Benoist Type XIV aircraft taking off on its first commercial passenger flight? I would like to use it on the public tours that I give at the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. Any other photos you may have of the flights would be appreciated.
Respectfully,
David Burns,
Docent, N.A.S.M.
David, I downloaded the photograph from the State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. I no longer have the direct link to the image.