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Only six of the JR-1 planes were sold to the US Mail Service in 1918 -- as model JR-1B. They were equipped with the 150hp Wright-Hisso A.

I have additional photos of Max Miller with this plane # 1. It is pictured in Lock Haven Pa with my great Uncle Paul Brosious who was the post master at the time. My pictures do not have the mailbag appearing but it is plane # 1.

I take it back... I just looked at the pictures that I have and the mail bag is on the plane. I never noticed it before as it is not as noticeable with the angles of my pictures. I have a series of 9 pictures from the day including one of the plane in flight.

the team changed its name from the Boston Rustlers to the Boston Braves after the 1911 season.

Orville Forest Weaver 1886-1970 You can read his stats here: www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=weaveor01

Shadrach Christopoulos: Thanks for the fuller name and dates for Orville Weaver. We will add them to the description when we update.

Engine already running, this famous but ill-fated short flight took off at 5:14 PM and crashed about 15 minutes later when the vibrations from a broken propeller took part of the tail assembly with it, causing Orville to loose control and crash nose-first in front of a crowd of 2000 people. Both were badly injured, but 1st Lt Thomas E. Selfridge (USA) died due to massive skull injuries at 8:10 PM, becoming the first airplane passenger/observer to die in an aviation accident. Selfridge ANGB is named in his honor.