Sep 1

Attempted California to Hawaii Flight: 1 September 1925

Wednesday, September 1, 2010 1:21 PM

Today is the 85th anniversary of the day in 1925 when the first intended flight from California to Hawaii stopped being a flight and became a sea voyage.  CDR John Rodgers and a crew of four left San Pedro on 31 August but developed fuel problems and landed their PN-9 seaplane on the water.  While Navy ships searched for the plane, Rodgers and his crew rigged a sail from the aircraft’s wing fabric and sailed for nine days to within fifteen miles of Kauai before being met by the submarine R-4, which towed the airplane into port.  CDR Rodgers was killed the next year in a plane crash.

 

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  • http://www.augustagency.com Cricket Rodgers Freeman

    Please note: You have the name misspelled. Cmdr. John Rodgers was Naval Aviator #2, from the historic Naval family of Rodgers, which had 6 ships named RODGERS in their honor.