Photos of John Rodgers Flight

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• Waving before their departure from San Pablo Bay, John Rodgers (center) and his crew attempted the difficult and dangerous feat of flying over the Pacific Ocean for the first time.
• The PN-9 No. 1 taxis in San Pablo Bay near San Francisco on August 31, 1925 attempting to get airborne. John Rodgers was the crew commander and navigator. The plane was too heavy to make it on the first takeoff try.
• Commander John Rodgers is honored after making the first Trans-Pacific flight from San Francisco to Hawaii, 1925.

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• Rodgers scuttled many items including parachutes and equipment. A thermos of poi given to him by friends from Hawaii remained on board. The plane carried 1,278 gallons of fuel in tanks and 50 additional gallons in five gallon tins.
• The PN-9 No. 1 skimmed at least four miles atop the shallow water before finally lurching into the air at 2:55:8 p.m.
• The PN-9 No. 1 in which Commander John Rodgers and his crew flew from San Francisco to Hawaii flies again in Hawaii, 1925.

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• The PN-9 carried navigational equipment and a bubble sextant designed by Rodgers.
• The PN-9 seaplane made the first Trans-Pacific flight from San Francisco to Honolulu.
• After flying 1,870 nautical miles, a world's seaplane distance record, the plane ran out of fuel and landed in the ocean 365 miles from Honolulu on September 1, 1925.

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• The Navy hunted for the PN-9 No. 1 for eight days before giving them up for lost. After sailing the plane for nine days the crew sighted Kauai and crafted a rudder to aid their sailing to the island.
• On the 10th day, a submarine sighted the plane near the entrance to Ahukini Harbor. The sub towed the plane around Kauai into Nawiliwili Harbor. The crew carefully secured the PN-9 before going ashore on September 10, 1925.
• Commander John Rodgers and his crew arrived on Kauai 10 days after departing San Francisco, September 9, 1925, tired, hungry and thirsty, and excited about the Navy's accomplishment.