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Miss Ruth Law sitting in an early air plane on Daytona Beach around 1916.

The O'Falks Department Store donating nylon hose to Miss North Carolina at the Peter O. Knight Airport on Davis Island in 1940.
A man standing next to a seaplane on the shore at Fort Myers.
Stunt plane at the Tampa Airport, Drew Field, in the 1940s.
Pilots and mechanics with the "first aero plane to fly to Tampa."
This photo, taken on January 2, 1914, was published in newspapers throughout the country. It shows the first woman passenger of the nation's first commercial airline between Tampa and St. Petersburg. The pilot was Tony Jannus and the passenger Mae Peabody.
Walter Beechman, the founder of Beechcraft Aviation, at the " Old Fairgrounds" in Tampa.
Walter Beechman, the founder of Beechcraft Aviation, at the " Old Fairgrounds" in Tampa.
Buildings and a water tower at the Old Drew Field on Oct. 5, 1953.
The Marriott Airport Hotel in the early 1980s. It is located in the Tampa International Airport.
Cars parked out in front of Tampa International Airport, Drew Field, in the early 1950s.
A presentation for Eastern Airlines at Tampa International Airport on February 20, 1951.
Rose Esperante's complimentary ticket for an "air-sightseeing cruise in world's largest commercial sea plane" with the Pan American Airways System at the Tampa International Airport for December 3, 1933.
Plane on the runway at the Peter O. Knight Airport on Davis Island taken on December 7, 1941.
Seaplane in the water next to a dock in Fort Myers.

 

 

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