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some time later his plane was rebuilt. Meanwhile he had recovered from his injuries and the flight was finally made to Long Beach. He had flown about thirty two hundred miles and the First Trans Continental Air Flight was a matter of History

Not long afterwards he met his fate, and in the manner he would have wished, I'm sure.

A crash among the seagulls over Long Beach wrote "Finis" for Calbraith P Rodgers.

Truly, one of America's valiant pioneers, he spent fifty days accomplishing a feat that requires but a few hours now. The important thing however is the fact that he did it first, and completed the job with a grade of one hundred percent.