▁installed . ▁This ▁aircraft ▁crash ed ▁in ▁a ▁landing ▁over run ▁incident ▁soon ▁after ▁it ▁was ▁built , ▁but ▁Roy ▁Minor , ▁the ▁pilot , ▁was ▁not ▁sever ely ▁injured . ▁After ▁another ▁re build , ▁the ▁Long ▁T ail ▁R ac er ▁was ▁sold ▁to ▁Cec il ▁Allen . ▁Again st ▁the ▁advice ▁of ▁the ▁Gran v illes , ▁ ▁Allen ▁modified ▁it ▁by ▁installing ▁larger ▁gas ▁t anks ▁a ft ▁of ▁its ▁normal ▁center ▁of ▁gravity , ▁which ▁apparently ▁made ▁the ▁aircraft ▁un stable ▁in ▁pitch ▁from ▁tail - he av iness . ▁Allen ▁took ▁off ▁with ▁a ▁full ▁fuel ▁tank , ▁crash ed , ▁and ▁was ▁killed . ▁After ▁this ▁final ▁crash , ▁the ▁aircraft ▁was ▁never ▁re built . ▁ ▁Rep lic as ▁ ▁Non - f lying ▁rep lic as ▁of ▁the ▁R - 1 ▁have ▁been ▁built ▁at ▁the ▁New ▁England ▁Air ▁Museum ▁and ▁the ▁San ▁Diego ▁Air ▁& ▁Space ▁Museum ▁using ▁original ▁plans ▁for ▁the ▁aircraft . ▁Another ▁is ▁displayed ▁at ▁the ▁L yman ▁and ▁Mer rie ▁Wood ▁Museum ▁of ▁Spring field ▁History ▁at ▁the ▁Spring field ▁Museum s . ▁A ▁flying ▁rep lica ▁of ▁the ▁R - 2 ▁was ▁built ▁by ▁Steve ▁Wolf ▁and ▁Del mar ▁Benjamin ▁that ▁first ▁fle w ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 1 . ▁Benjamin ▁fle w ▁an ▁aer ob atic ▁routine ▁in ▁this ▁aircraft ▁at ▁numerous ▁air sh ows ▁until ▁he ▁retired ▁the ▁aircraft ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 . ▁This ▁aircraft ▁was ▁sold ▁to ▁Fant asy ▁of ▁Fl