Cal Rodgers, the Vin Fiz, and the Forty-Nine Day Crash Across America to Win a Prize He Never Collected
The story of Cal Rodgers and the Vin Fiz, the first airplane to cross America in 1911, after 49 days and countless crashes.
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Calbraith Perry Rodgers and the Vin Fiz - The First Flight Across America
How Cal Rodgers flew the Vin Fiz coast-to-coast in 1911, surviving 16 crashes to become the first person to fly across America.
TaildraggerCal Rodgers and the Vin Fiz, the first man to fly across America in nineteen eleven
In 1911, Cal Rodgers became the first person to fly across America in the Vin Fiz, surviving 49 days and 16 crashes.
TaildraggerOakley Kelly and John Macready and the nonstop transcontinental flight that nearly killed them both on May third, nineteen twenty-three
On May 3, 1923, Lieutenants Oakley Kelly and John Macready completed the first nonstop transcontinental flight across the United States.
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