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Burnelli
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Vincent Justus Burnelli standing in front
of the RB-2, the world's largest air freighter at that time -- it was
even used as a flying show-room carrying an Essex automobile of the
time. |
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While the RB-1 and the RB-2 have a strong resemblance, the later model has many improvements over the earlier one. |
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The caption for this
picture which was found in what appeared to be a publication of the
time states:
"The RB-2, built by Burnelli in 1924, was called the world's
first air freighter. It carried a complete automobile inside,
with a showroom arrangement, on a cross-country tour for a car [Essex]
manufacturer."
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Half of the space
inside the RB-2 was used for the car, the other half was used as an office
or reception. No other aircraft of the time could accomplish
this.
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Click here to view more pictures of the Burnelli RB-2 r/c model built by Alan Heim during 2000. |
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