A century of commercial flight

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
 
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.
 
Yeah.. that other frozen place :adoration:

which probably leads to another thought.. even airplanes headed south in the winter back in 1914
 
srgalahad said:
Yeah.. that other frozen place :adoration:

which probably leads to another thought.. even airplanes headed south in the winter back in 1914
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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.
 
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