The benoist model 14 is significant because it was used by the first scheduled airline using winged aircraft. the st.petersburg to tampa airboat line with pilot tony jannus provided a scheduled tampa to st.petersburg service beginning in january 1 of 1914.. A model 14 benoist airboat was shipped to st. petersburg by train. it weighed 1,250 pounds (567 kilograms), was 26 feet (8 meters) long and had a wingspan of 44 feet (13 m). it was powered by a roberts 6-cylinder, in-line, liquid-cooled, 75-horsepower engine.. One was a model 13; the other two were model 14s. the model 13 was to be operated by the school for instruction, and the 14s were to be used for passenger transport. a large, open-ended hangar was planned. the first of the two model 14 benoist airboats, no. 43, arrived by train from paducah, ky., and was promptly assembled..
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Benoist model 14 - holcomb's aerodrome
By 1913, at 24, he had become one of the principal stockholders in the benoist aircraft company. a model 14 benoist airboat was shipped to st. petersburg by train. it weighed 1,250 pounds (567 kilograms), was 26 feet (8 meters) long and had a wingspan of 44 feet (13 m).. One [1] was a model 13; the other two were model 14s. the model 13 was to be operated by the school for instruction, and the 14s were to be used for passenger transport. a large, open-ended hangar was planned. the first of the two [2] model 14 benoist airboats, no. 43, arrived by train from paducah, ky., and was promptly assembled.. Regarding the world's first scheduled airline. several miles north of the city, inside the st. petersburg-clearwater international airport, is a large display featuring a full-scale replica of the benoist (pronounced " ben-wah ") airboat flown by the st. petersburg-tampa airboat line, a plaque, and related information..
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