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A century of commercial flight
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Skyhawk_310R
Charter Member
Wow! $400 for a 23 minute flight back in 1914! That's the equivalent of over $9,000 today! If pilots could get that sort of price for a half hour flight nowadays, I'd quit my day job immediately! LOL!!!
Today, you could possibly spend less than $400 for a flight across the US continent!
Ken
Today, you could possibly spend less than $400 for a flight across the US continent!
Ken
TeaSea
SOH-CM-2014
Definitely a perk for the more privileged, but St. Pete was for those types back then. It and Tampa both were big vacation get away for the moneyed from up North. Given that a trip from St. Pete to Tampa would likely take you most of the day -- one way (there being no bridges then), I could see it being a decent business. WWI destroyed it though, and Jannus was killed in a training accident while an instructor.
Kermit talked about this event at our EAA Chapter a few months ago. He was really very concerned about meeting the deadline. At that time it was the FAA he was most concerned about, however they ultimately were not the issue. Technical problems with the A/C prevented its use yesterday.
Kermit talked about this event at our EAA Chapter a few months ago. He was really very concerned about meeting the deadline. At that time it was the FAA he was most concerned about, however they ultimately were not the issue. Technical problems with the A/C prevented its use yesterday.
srgalahad
Charter Member 2022
Interesting read today from another source, describing where the original aircraft came from, and where another replica is now on display - Duluth Wisconsin...
http://duluthaviationinstitute.org/
http://duluthaviationinstitute.org/
CWOJackson
Charter Member
I believe that is Duluth, Minnesota.
CWOJackson
Charter Member
Yeah.. that other frozen place
which probably leads to another thought.. even airplanes headed south in the winter back in 1914
That's the one.
We were visiting north of Duluth in October...and it snowed.
Superior, on the other side of the harbor has the Bong Museum.