Benoist XIV

XIV
A Benoist XIV over Tampa Bay in Florida in 1914.
General information
Type	Airliner
Manufacturer	Benoist
Designer	Thomas W. Benoist
Primary user	St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line
Number built	2
History
Introduction date	1914
First flight	1913
Retired	1914

The Benoist XIV, also called The Lark of Duluth, was a small biplane flying boat built in the United States in 1913 in the hope of using it to carry paying passengers. The two examples built were used to provide the first heavier-than-air airline service anywhere in the world,^{[citation needed]} and the first airline service of any kind at all in the United States.^{[citation needed]}

The first fixed-wing scheduled airline was started on January 1, 1914. The flight was piloted by Tony Jannus^[1] and flew from St. Petersburg, Florida, to Tampa, Florida, operated by the St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line.^[2]