Timeline Sunday 17 September 1911

Events on Sunday 17 September 1911 1

• 1911 First Transcontinental Flight Across the United States Cal Rodgers completes a coast-to-coast journey by airplane Aviator Cal Rodgers departed Sheepshead Bay, New York, on 17 September 1911 aiming to win a $50,000 prize for the first transcontinental flight. He landed in Pasadena, California, on 5 November 1911 after numerous crashes and repairs, arriving too late to claim the prize. His flight demonstrated that long-distance air travel across a continent was possible.