Vin Fiz Virtual Cache
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The first airplane landing in Fort Worth, TX.
In 1911 Calbrath Perry Rodgers became the first to cross the
continent in a Wright EX airplane. Most of his navigation consisted
of following the train his ground crew was riding in. The plane was
dubbed the "Vin Fiz" flyer after the grape drink of his sponsor J.
Ogden Armour, a Chicago meat packer. Bales of leaflets advertizing
Vin Fiz were dropped along the way.
The range and reliability of the airplane being somewhat limited at
the time, the flight took 49 days to complete. Many stops were
required along the way to refuel and repair the airplane. In fact
there were 23 stops just in Texas! One of these stops was made in a
pasture in Fort Worth. The landing drew a crowd of 10,000
spectators. This was to be merely the first step in a long line of
Fort Worth's aviation heritage.
The listed coordinates are for a plaque commemorating the landing
site in Fort Worth. After you have finished reading the plaque look
to your left. You will see a stop sign. On the back of the stop
sign is a sticker with a large "08" printed on it. To claim credit
for the cache e-mail me what number on the bottom of the sticker is
punched out. To email me click on "profile" next to my name at the
top of this page. If you include the answer in your log (even if
encrypted) it will be deleted.
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