LESLIE JONES COLLECTION
No. 12000. Remington-Burnelli RB-2 "Miss Essex"
Photographed at East Boston Airport, Massachusetts, USA, 1925, by Leslie Jones, courtesy Boston Public Library

Remington-Burnelli RB-2

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:


Created June 15, 2013