John Rodgers Flight
Navy Commander John Rodgers and his crew made the first trans-Pacific flight from San Francisco, California to Hawaii leaving on August 31, 1925. The PN-9 aircraft landed in the ocean 365 miles from Oahu, and the valiant crew sailed the craft to Nawiliwili Harbor on Kauai, arriving on September 10, 1925.
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- John Rodgers presented a barograph to Governor Farrington to substantiate the official distance record he and his crew achieved, September 10, 1925.
- Rear Admiral McDonald and Commander John Rodgers arrived at Iolani Palace on September 17, 1925 to pay respects to Governor Wallace R. Farrington.
- Commander John Rodgers was killed in a single engine plane crash in the Delaware River near the Naval Aircraft Factory, Philadelphia, on August 27, 1926.
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- Commander John Rodgers and his crew were welcomed at Iolani Palace by Governor W. R. Farrington on September 17, 1925. Rodgers died while making a trip to the Naval Aircraft Factory to inspect two PN-10 model seaplanes. He had hoped to fly one of these planes to Hawaii when they were completed.
- Commander John Rodgers and his crew received a heroes welcome at Iolani Palace on September 17, 1925. Later that day they bid aloha to the islands and sailed to San Francisco on the USS Idaho.
- Commander John Rodgers and his crew were welcomed to Iolani Palace by Governor Wallace R. Farrington on September 17, 1925. Following the record setting flight, Rodgers was promoted to Assistant Chief and later Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics in Washington, D.C.
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- A display with a model of the PN-9 No. 1 is featured in the Central Concourse of Honolulu International Airport. The display recalls the flight of Navy Commander John Rodgers and his crew.
- A display with a model of the PN-9 No. 1 is featured in the Central Concourse of Honolulu International Airport. The display recalls the flight of Navy Commander John Rodgers and his crew.
- The PN-9 No. 1 was one of two planes that took off on August 31, 1925. The PN-9 No. 3 suffered a broken oil pressure line 300 miles from the start and was forced to land at sea, leaving only the PN-9 No. 1 to finish the journey The crew of the PN-9 No. 3 was saved, but the plane sunk before it could be loaded onto a nearby Navy ship.
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- The Navy restored the PN-9 No. 1 and flew it again over Honolulu on September 19, 1925. In this photo it is shown flying over Pearl Harbor.
- Commander John Rodgers died on August 27, 1926. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
- The PN-9 crew: B. J. Connell, W. H. Bowlin, Commander John Rodgers, O.G. Stantz.
