Benoist Commemorative Flight

HangarFly

Kermit Weeks is attempting to build a reproduction of the Benoist air-boat that made the first commercial flight on January 1, 1914 from St. Petersburg to Tampa, FL. He plans to fly the plane on the 100th anniversary, January 1, 2014. From the looks of this video, they have a long way to go. Definitely questioning whether they'll get it built in time.

http://youtu.be/FwF2LlhtGOw

HangarFly

Saw these updates on the Benoist Project on the FoF Benoist2014.com blog. Nice to see the reports and the progress.

Metal update...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_A2EDsv1Rg&feature=share&list=UUBEGbI4_GmxjVKIqCwrG66g

Launch Site report...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ6Mudi4UCM&feature=share&list=UUQh5nBjT472YgRVLZhLH_Pw

Wing Panel update...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOS7gpTwiCo&feature=share&list=ULpOS7gpTwiCo

Interesting. Check them out.