The aircraft was shipped disassembled by rail to the northeast shore of Lake Union, where Martin's pilot and handyman James Floyd Smith assembled it in a tent hangar. In 1915 Boeing traveled to Los Angeles to be taught flying by Glenn Martin and purchased a Martin "Flying Birdcage" seaplane (so-called because of all the guy-wires holding it together). In 1910 he bought the Heath Shipyard, a wooden boat manufacturing facility at the mouth of the Duwamish River, which would become his first airplane factory.
Boeing, a wealthy lumber entrepreneur who studied at Yale University, became fascinated with airplanes after seeing one at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle.
In other parts of Florida, counties handle such duties.In 1909 William E. It is the only board of its kind in the state. The Legislature created the licensing board in 1973 to regulate building contractors and investigate complaints against them.
They detailed how agency leaders and staff lacked accountability and disregarded rules, and raised concerns about whether they treated consumers and contractors fairly.īoard members did not discuss Collazo's findings or the way a grand jury suggested reforming the agency. That investigation and another by Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney Bernie McCabe followed a series of Tampa Bay Times articles. 20 that outlined 93 problems with the agency. Monday's meeting was the first time the board of private contractors and public officials met since Pinellas County inspector general Hector Collazo Jr. It also came as a law enforcement official briefed board members on the high demand for their services now that the Sheriff's Office has taken over policing of unlicensed contracting. Her assessment came as she acknowledged that the agency, which has provided uneven enforcement against unlicensed contractors and lax collection of fines, is still on pace to run out of money by March.
"I'm doing everything I can to make this a smooth transition." "The likelihood that it's going down in flames on the floor of the Legislature is slim and none," Lancaster said.
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