First Transcontinental Flight

Date: December 10, 1911 • Location: Washington, United States

Calbraith Perry Rodgers completed the first transcontinental flight across the United States.

Calbraith Perry Rodgers Jr. was an American aviation pioneer. He made the first transcontinental airplane flight across the U.S. from September 17, 1911, to November 5, 1911, with dozens of stops, both intentional and accidental. The feat made him a national celebrity, but he was killed in a crash a few months later at an exhibition in California.