Calbraith Perry Rodgers
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United StatesLived 1879 to 1912 · aged 33Calbraith Perry Rodgers Jr. was an American aviation pioneer. S. from September 17, 1911, to November 5, 1911, with dozens of stops, both intentional and accidental. The feat made him a national celebrity, but he was killed in a crash a few months later at an exhibition in California.
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Cal letting children sit in the pilot's seat. A smoker, Cal flew with a lit bit of burning chaw, for his cigar, though his gas tank is right over his head.
End of the flight as Cal rolls 'Vin Fiz's' wheels in the Pacific Ocean. *Note the gas tank has been changed to a new position or been optically removed from the photo.
Rodgers in Pasadena
Rodgers in 1912 fatal crashAwards 1
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Calbraith Perry Rodgers Jr. was an American aviation pioneer. He made the first transcontinental airplane flight across the U.S. from September 17, 1911, to November 5, 1911, with dozens of stops, both intentional and accidental. The feat made him a national celebrity, but he was killed in a crash a few months later at an exhibition in California.
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