Calbraith Perry Rodgers with the Vin Fiz
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Cal Rodgers rose to fame at the Chicago International Aviation Meet.
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Just days after receiving his pilot’s license in 1911, Cal Rodgers won $11,285 and instant celebrity competing in the Chicago International Aviation Meet.
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National Air and Space Museum (NASM A-42906-A), Smithsonian Institution.
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NASM A-42906-A
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1911
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