DAN SHUMAKER COLLECTION
No. 6628. Jacuzzi J-7 Reo
Photographs from NASM, Neg. Nos. 81-3414, 81,3415, 90-9775, and
Hiller Aviation Museum
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07/07/2007. Aircraft built by the 7 brothers of the Jacuzzi Bros.
company of Berkeley, California. It was the first cabin monoplane
built in the USA and flew successfully. However, on July 14, 1921, one
of the brothers, Giocondo, was killed when the aircraft crashed due to
wing failure near Modesto, while en route from Yosemite and San
Francisco, California. |
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Created July 7, 2007