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