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Cal Rogers and the Vin Fiz
by Lebow, Eileen F
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 087474704X
- ISBN 13
- 9780874747041
- Seller
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New Castle, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Smithsonian. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. In quest of a $50,000 prize offered by William Randolph Hearst for a successful flight across the U.S., Cal Rodgers left New York on Sept. 17, 1911. Flying a plane built by the Wright brothers, and sponsored in his voyage by the Armour Company of Chicago (then introducing a new soft drink, "vin fiz"), he arrived in California on Nov. 5, missing out on the prize because he exceeded Hearst's time limit. But Rodgers's was the first successful transcontinental flight, traveled at about 60 miles an hour. This lively, informative look at flying just eight years after Kitty Hawk recreates both the fragility of the machine and the courage of its pilot. Since no reliable maps existed for aviators, Rodgers relied on railroad lines to guide him, and experienced two dozen breakdowns along the way. He was killed in a plane crash less than six months after his historic flight.
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- Bookseller
- Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SKU2020022380
- Title
- Cal Rogers and the Vin Fiz
- Author
- Lebow, Eileen F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 087474704X
- ISBN 13
- 9780874747041
- Publisher
- Smithsonian
- Place of Publication
- Washington, Dc, U.s.a.
- This edition first published
- 1989
- Size
- 6x1x9
- X weight
- 24 oz
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