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Jannus flight gallery

These are photos from the flight re-enacting the trip of Tony Jannus 100 years ago.
  • Dressed to portray Tony Jannus, Mike Norton chats with visitors in front of a reproduction of the Benoist airplane that made the first commercial flight in 1914. Kermit Weeks, founder of Fantasy of Flight, built the plane in hopes of flying it on the 100th anniversayr, but it was not ready. ANDY JONES/STAFF
  • Eddie Hoffman makes a pass over the Vinoy Yacht Basin in St. Petersburg on Wednesday in a Hoffman X-4 “Mullet Skiff” as he embarks on a flight to Tampa. ANDY JONES/STAFF
  • Eddie Hoffman takes off in St. Petersburg Wednesday in a Hoffman X-4 “Mullet Skiff” on his way to Tampa while recreating the first commercial flight. ANDY JONES/STAFF
  • Eddie Hoffman makes a pass over the Vinoy Yacht Basin in St. Petersburg on Wednesday in a Hoffman X-4 “Mullet Skiff” as he embarks on a flight to Tampa to re-enact the first commercial flight. Hoffman flew the plane to Peter O. Knight Airport in Tampa. ANDY JONES/STAFF
  • Eddie Hoffman talks Wednesday in St. Petersburg before flying a Hoffman X-4 “Mullet Skiff” to Tampa while recreating the first commercial flight. ANDY JONES/STAFF
  • Eddie Hoffman takes off in St. Petersburg Wednesday in a Hoffman X-4 “Mullet Skiff” on his way to Tampa while recreating the first commercial flight. ANDY JONES/STAFF
  • From left, Kermit Weeks, founder of Fantasy of Flight, takes a selfie of himself and Eddie Hoffman in front of Hoffman’s Hoffman X-4 “Mullet Skiff” Wednesday. ANDY JONES/STAFF
  • Eddie Hoffman makes a pass over the Vinoy Yacht Basin in St. Petersburg Wednesday in a Hoffman X-4 “Mullet Skiff” before embarking on a flight to Tampa to re-enact the first commercial flight. ANDY JONES/STAFF
  • People gather around a reproduction of the Benoist airplane built by Kermit Weeks, founder of Fantasy of Flight. Weeks built the plane in hopes of flying it on the 100th anniversary of the first commercial flight but the plane was not ready. ANDY JONES/STAFF

Jannus flight gallery

Eddie Hoffman makes a pass over the Vinoy Yacht Basin in St. Petersburg Wednesday in a Hoffman X-4 “Mullet Skiff” before embarking on a flight to Tampa to re-enact the first commercial flight. ANDY JONES/STAFF
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