History at the St. Petersburg Pier, approximately from the site of the inaugural flight. On January 29, 2011, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics dedicated an historic site plaque on the museum's grounds, commemorating the site of the world’s first regularly scheduled airline. The birth of the commercial air transportation industry is also commemorated by another replica of the Benoist airplane at the St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport's baggage claim area in the terminal and a Tony Jannus Award exhibit at Tampa International Airport. On December 17, 2006, Jannus was posthumously inducted into the Paul E. Garber First Flight Shrine at the Wright Brothers National Memorial at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, joining other honorees such as Wilbur and Orville Wright, Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, and Chuck Yeager, who have shaped the aviation industry. Jannus was designated a "Great Floridian" by the State of Florida in 2010. The St. Petersburg concert venue Jannus Landing (now known as Jannus Live) is named for him. References Further reading Bickel, Karl A. - The Mangrove Coast, 1942 by Coward McCann, Inc., Fourth Edition in 1989 by Omni Print Media, Inc., p. 265 Michaels, Will The Making of St. Petersburg, 2012 by the History Press; pp. 89–99. External links Tony Jannus Distinguished Aviation Society – official website Antony Jannus on EarlyAviators.com 1889 births 1916 deaths American aviation record holders Aviation pioneers Aviators from Washington, D.C. Aviators killed in aviation accidents or incidents Commercial aviators Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1916 Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Russia