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2 unusual facts about Tony Jannus


Habersack

The aviation pioneer Tony Jannus was given the middle name of Habersack, but it is uncertain of the origin of the usage.

Tony Jannus

Jannus died on October 12, 1916, near Sevastopol (then part of Czarist Russia) when his plane, a Curtiss H-7 he was using to train Russian pilots, had engine problems and crashed into the Black Sea, killing Jannus and his two-man Russian crew.



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