Left: Calbraith "Cal" Rodgers at the controls of the Wright CO Model EX "Vin Fiz". Right: The wreckage of the Wright CO Model EX "Vin Fiz". Written above the image, "1st Aviator to Cross the Continent" and written below, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calbraith_Rodgers" class="extiw" title="en:Calbraith Rodgers">Calbraith Rodgers</a> His fatal wreck - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Beach,_California" class="extiw" title="en:Long Beach, California">Long Beach</a>"
1912
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