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Show AEROPLANE DAILY MJEG!NS Successful Flight Made Across Bay tc Tampa Passengers Pay by Pound. Tampa. Fla., Jan. 1 The first daily-aeroplane daily-aeroplane passenger and express service ser-vice between two cities in the south, possibly in the country, was opener today with a successful flight of a hydroaeroplane from St. Petersburg, Fla., across the bay to Tampa, an air line distance of 18 miles. A. C. Pheil. former mayor of St Petersburg, was the passenger. The flight was made in 2.. minutes, at an average height oi SO feet above the water. The return flight was made at the same average speed. A small amount of baggage is also carried car-ried at a specified pound rate If a passenger weighs more than 200 pounds, an extra charge of 5 cents per pound is made. |