{"id":2216,"date":"2014-01-10T07:30:56","date_gmt":"2014-01-10T13:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/?p=2216"},"modified":"2014-01-10T07:30:56","modified_gmt":"2014-01-10T13:30:56","slug":"2014-marks-100-years-commercial-aviation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/2014\/01\/10\/2014-marks-100-years-commercial-aviation\/","title":{"rendered":"2014 marks 100 Years of Commercial Aviation"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2214\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2214\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/first-scheduled-commercial-flight.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2214\" alt=\"Brian Blanco \/ AP Images for the International Air Transport Association \" src=\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/first-scheduled-commercial-flight-300x191.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/first-scheduled-commercial-flight-300x191.jpg 300w, http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/first-scheduled-commercial-flight.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2214\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brian Blanco \/ AP Images for the International Air Transport Association<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>January 1,\u00a02014 marks exactly 100 years since the birth of commercial aviation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From IATA pressroom:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Celebration of first paying passenger flight launches year of reflection on contribution of aviation to modern life<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>On 1 January 1914, a team of four visionaries combined efforts in the first scheduled commercial airline flight<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><em>Percival Fansler<\/em> organised the funding for the St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line which provided the first scheduled air service across Tampa Bay, Florida<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><em>Thomas Benoist\u2019s<\/em> airboat conducted the first flight, piloted by <em>Tony Jannus<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><em>Abram Pheil<\/em>, then mayor of St. Petersburg, paid $400 at auction for the 23-minute flight<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iata.org\/pressroom\/pr\/Pages\/2013-12-30-01.aspx\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>From International Business Times:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>To put this achievement in perspective, consider this: On Jan. 1, 1914, one commercial passenger flew on one commercial flight. On Jan. 1, 2014, an estimated 8 million people flew on nearly 100,000 flights.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 1,\u00a02014 marks exactly 100 years since the birth of commercial aviation. 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