06/15/2013. Remarks by Johan Visschedijk: "This was the first aircraft to carry an automobile, when it was used in 1925 as a flying showroom for the Essex automobile, at that time a brand of the Hudson Motor Company of Detroit. The aircraft carried eight passengers, a fully equipped office and an Essex automobile that reportedly had been built inside the cabin. As shown on the rear fuselage, the aircraft was appropriately named: