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No. 6628. Jacuzzi J-7 Reo
Photographs from NASM, Neg. Nos. 81-3414, 81,3415, 90-9775, and Hiller Aviation Museum

Jacuzzi J-7 Reo

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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.

The company ceased aircraft production and became famous after WW II when they produced whirlpools.

Created July 7, 2007