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Calbraith Perry Rodgers Jr. (January 12, 1879 – April 3, 1912) 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 ...
Rear Admiral Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers (4 November 1819 – 8 January 1892) was an officer in the United States Navy.He served in the Mexican–American War, the American Civil War, as superintendent of the Naval Academy, president of the United States Naval Institute, and commander-in-chief of the Pacific Squadron.
Calbraith Perry Rodgers, 32, had been given flying lessons by Orville Wright himself and owned a Wright-built airplane. Rodgers persuaded meat packer J. Ogden Armour to sponsor his coast-to-coast ...
The Vin Fiz Flyer on display in the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in 2012 Vin Fiz Flyer stamp (upper left) on an envelope postmarked 1911. In addition to the Vin Fiz endorsement, Mabel Rodgers used the flight to promote an airmail service, and sold special 25-cent postage stamps for items to be carried on the airplane.
Calbraith Perry Rodgers was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 1964. – Elmira city historian Diane Janowski writes a monthly column.
Rodgers ' father was Rear Admiral Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers (1819–1892), and he was the brother of Rear Admiral Thomas S. Rodgers (1858–1931). He was also the grandnephew to two renowned U.S. Navy commodores, Matthew C. Perry (1794–1858) and Oliver Hazard Perry (1785–1819).
Calbraith Perry Rodgers (1879–1912) was an American aviation pioneer, the cousin of the aforementioned, who 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.
Raymond Perry Rodgers Neilson (1881 – March 1, 1964) was an American painter. [1] Early life and education.