Calbraith Perry Rogers
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Calbraith Perry Rodgers was an American military pilot.
He made a (nearly) transcontinental airplane flight from Sheepshead Bay, New York, to Pasadena, California, from 11 September to 5 November 1911.[1]
His brother John Rodgers was a navy pilot; both brothers attended the Wright School of Aviation.[2][3]
From en.wp: His "flight" had "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" in April 1912.[4]
References
- ↑ "Progress of the Month in Aviation", Popular Mechanics, January 1912, p. 36. "Calbraith P. Rodgers finished his trans-continental flight from Sheepshead Bay, N. Y., when he arrived in Pasadena, Cal., Nov. 5, completing what is generally credited with being the greatest achievement, thus far, in aerial navigation. His attempts to fly the remaining 20 miles that intervened between Pasadena and the Pacific Ocean have not yet been successful, but his achievement is regarded as complete as it now rests. he flew a total distance of 4,231 miles, at an average rate of 51.7 miles an hour in 49 days, or 82 hr. 4 min. by actual flying time, making 29 stops en route in 11 states."
- ↑ Goldstone, 2015, p. 305, etc.
- ↑ "Wright Schools of Aviation" advertisement in Aeronautics, January 1913, p, 39.
- ↑ w:Calbraith Perry Rodgers
