Nov 5, 2011

First cross country flight landed in Pasadena 100 years ago Saturday



PASADENA - The only reminder of C.P. "Cal" Perry Rodger's historic cross-country flight in the Vin Fiz 100 years ago today is a simple plaque at Tournament Park.
"HISTORICAL SITE - TOURNAMENT PARK
"Official Terminus of the first transcontinental airplane flight. Calbraith "Cal" Perry Rodgers took off from Sheepshead Bay, New York, September 17, 1911, landing here November 5, 1911." Continued

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