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Nov 15, 2016 · Blog. Pittsburgh Aviator Calbraith Perry Rodgers. Calbraith Perry Rodgers in 1911. A young adventurer from Pittsburgh defied odds and changed aviation forever after completing the world’s first transcontinental flight in 1911.
One of the first long-distance airplane record setters. An instant aviation star whose life was cut short. In 1911 in the Vin Fiz, Calbraith Perry Rodgers became the first person to cross the United States from coast to coast by airplane—a trip that took 49 days. Who Was Calbraith Perry Rodgers?
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Nov 23, 2022 · Calbraith Perry Rodgers lifts off in the Vin Fiz from a racetrack at Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn on September 17, 1911. He was one of three aviators vying to win a $50,000 prize by flying across the country in 30 days or less. In the end, no one qualified to win the prize money.
- Steve Wartenberg
A newly licensed pilot named Calbraith Perry Rodgers, a descendant of famous U.S. Navy commodores Matthew Calbraith Perry and Oliver Hazard Perry, decided to take up the challenge. Rodgers covered the 4,321 miles in 82 hours and 4 minutes of flying time.
Dec 28, 2021 · “Cal” Rodgers, a slender motorcycle racer with only limited flying experience (some of it gained at the Wright School), accepted the challenge. He took off from Long Island, New York, on September 17, determined to reach California and qualify for the award.
By E. W. HEWSON. (News Staff Correspondent With Rodger's Party) Calbraith Perry Rodgers , who by his successful flight across the American continent added the empire of the air to the dynasty of Rodgers, rested today as the guest of Pasadena and Manager D. M. Linnard, of the Hotel Maryland. The aviator, of whose achievement the entire world is ...
