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burned in the fire that followed but Tony dragged his to safety. On November 26th Tony made a flight from St,Louis Cairo, Illinois in a Benoist Boat, carrying T. A. Duby. On December 26th he completed a 2-week engagement at Paducah, Kentucky, then left for Florida to assist in the preparation for the Tamps-St. Petersburg Airline that started January 2nd, 1914. They also pre-pared to open winter school as part of the operations.

There Tony's flying record was remarkable. The daily scheduled flights con-tinued until April 27th and during that time only four days were lost due to weather or equipment difficulties. The passenger flights were consistently book-ed ahead, with express, mail and food commodities also being carried. Tony also did some instructing along his brother Rodger and Weldon B. Cooke. By May 5th they had all of the equipment shipped back to St. Louis and the Tony returned to Paduoah, Kentucky for an engagement.

Following this he purchased a Benoist Boat and left the company to start a passenger carrying business for himself at Sandusky, Ohio in late May. He was very busy though the resort season, flying between Cedar Point, Illinois on July 4th and Fort Madison, Iowa September 10th. After the resort season was over in late October Tony and his brother Rodger joined to start the Jannus Brothers Co. In Baltimore, Maryland to operate a flying school, carry passengers and make ex-hibition flights. Both owned Benoist Boats and started operations at once from the Patapaco River, carrying many prominent people from both Baltimore and Wash-ington on flights about the Bay Area. With Rodger, Frits Erleson joined the com-pany, and being a graduate engineer, they soon decided to design, build and market a new Jannus Flying Boat. It was Pusher Biplane of 45 ft, Span for pilot and two passengers, using an 8cyl. 120 H.P. Maximotor engine installed in the hull behind the occupants, driging. the propeller mounted between the wings, by a roller chain transmission.

This plane was completed during the late winter months of 1914-1915 and first