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Anthony Jannus - Flights And Tests of Rex Smith Plane Flown By Jannus; Miss Laura Merriam In Plane with Jannus, 1912. Early passenger flight, USA. American aviation pioneer Tony Jannus (1889-1916) in a Rex Smith airplane. This flight was one of several made by Jannus with female passengers over Potomac Park, Washington DC. Jannus made the first ever scheduled airline flight. He died in a crash over the Black Sea during World War I. Flights And Tests of Rex Smith Plane Flown By Anthony Jannus; in plane with Miss Laura Merriam, 1912 Creator: Harris & Ewing. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/HERITAGE ART)