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Rodgers enters aviation through perseverance in early Dayton era
A fragmented account recounts Rodgers, deafened by fate, turning from Navy to motor racing and aviation. Beginning under Wright lineage in Dayton, Ohio, he gains flight training, acquires a Wright machine, and competes in Chicago endurance events while eyeing a coast to coast flight within a month, amid wartime aviation doubt and industry challenges.
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