NEW DELHI: Exactly a hundred years ago, a team of four visionaries joined hands to launch the first scheduled commercial airline flight in the world.
Percival Fansler, an engineer, organised the funding for the St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line which provided the first scheduled air service across Tampa Bay in Florida (US).
Automotive businessman Thomas Benoist's airboat conducted the first flight, piloted by Tony Jannus, while Abram Pheil, then mayor of St. Petersburg, paid ..
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