{"id":7747865,"date":"2026-07-29T13:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T11:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/cal-rodgers-vin-fiz-first-transcontinental-flight-1911\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T13:43:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T11:43:42","slug":"cal-rodgers-y-vin-fiz-realizaron-el-primer-vuelo-transcontinental-en-1911","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/es\/cal-rodgers-vin-fiz-first-transcontinental-flight-1911\/","title":{"rendered":"El aficionado que se estrell\u00f3 a trav\u00e9s de Estados Unidos"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\n<p>En 1911, cruzar Estados Unidos en avi\u00f3n se consideraba pr\u00e1cticamente imposible. Aun as\u00ed, el magnate period\u00edstico William Randolph Hearst apost\u00f3 por ello, ofreciendo 1450 d\u00f3lares al primer piloto que lograra cruzar el pa\u00eds por aire en 30 d\u00edas o menos. Los hombres mejor preparados para intentarlo, al ver el estado del avi\u00f3n, declinaron la oferta. El hombre que lo consigui\u00f3 fue un aficionado de 1,93 metros, fumador de puros, llamado Calbraith Perry Rodgers, que hab\u00eda aprendido a volar apenas tres meses antes tras 90 minutos de instrucci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>No ganar\u00eda el premio de Hearst. Se estrellar\u00eda una y otra vez, se romper\u00eda huesos y tardar\u00eda 49 d\u00edas solo en llegar a California. Pero cuando finalmente hizo rodar el andrajoso <em>Vin Fiz<\/em> Cal Rodgers, que ya hab\u00eda llegado hasta las olas del Pac\u00edfico, hab\u00eda hecho lo que nadie hab\u00eda hecho antes: cruzar Estados Unidos en avi\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#f5f5f5;border-radius:8px;padding:20px;margin:24px 0;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 10px 0;font-weight:700;font-size:18px;color:#222;\">Datos r\u00e1pidos: El vuelo Vin Fiz<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:20px;line-height:1.7;\">\n<li><strong>Piloto:<\/strong> Calbraith Perry Rodgers (1879\u20131912)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aeronave:<\/strong> Biplano Wright Modelo EX, llamado <em>Vin Fiz<\/em> despu\u00e9s de un refresco de uva<\/li>\n<li><strong>Patrocinador:<\/strong> Armour &amp; Company, pago por milla, con tren de apoyo.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ruta:<\/strong> De Sheepshead Bay, Nueva York a Pasadena, y luego a Long Beach, California.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Distancia \/ tiempo:<\/strong> Aproximadamente 4200 millas; 49 d\u00edas hasta Pasadena, llegando al Pac\u00edfico el 10 de diciembre de 1911.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Accidentes:<\/strong> Ocho registrados en su bit\u00e1cora, adem\u00e1s de muchos aterrizajes forzosos.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Un premio que los expertos no perseguir\u00edan.<\/h2>\n<p>Hearst anunci\u00f3 su desaf\u00edo en 1910 y les dio a los pilotos un a\u00f1o. La lista de aviadores que dijeron que podr\u00edan intentarlo parec\u00eda un qui\u00e9n es qui\u00e9n de los inicios de la aviaci\u00f3n: Roland Garros, Thomas Sopwith, Henri Farman. Al final, casi ninguno lo intent\u00f3. Incluso Wilbur Wright dudaba de que las m\u00e1quinas estuvieran a la altura.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #d32f2f;padding:20px;margin:24px 0;border-radius:8px;\">\n<div>\n<p style=\"font-size:17px;font-style:italic;margin:0 0 8px 0;color:#222;line-height:1.5;\">\u201cEl hombre que lo consiga ser\u00e1 excepcional, tanto f\u00edsica como intelectualmente. Necesitar\u00e1 hasta la \u00faltima gota de valent\u00eda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;font-weight:600;color:#d32f2f;\">Wilbur Wright<span style=\"font-weight:400;color:#666;\"> \u2014 Pionero de la aviaci\u00f3n, en el desaf\u00edo transcontinental<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Rodgers ten\u00eda coraje de sobra. Sordo por la escarlatina infantil y excluido de la carrera naval que su familia esperaba, se hab\u00eda volcado a las carreras de coches, motocicletas y yates antes de que volar lo cautivara por completo. Convenci\u00f3 al gigante c\u00e1rnico de Chicago, Armour, para que lo patrocinara para anunciar su nuevo refresco de uva, <em>Vin Fiz<\/em>, pint\u00f3 el nombre debajo de las alas y parti\u00f3.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"margin:24px 0;\"><img data-opt-id=910039696  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/vin-fiz-takeoff-sheepshead-bay-1911.jpg\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:8px;\" alt=\"El Vin Fiz despeg\u00f3 del hip\u00f3dromo de Sheepshead Bay en Brooklyn el 17 de septiembre de 1911, seguido por un tren especial de tres vagones que transportaba repuestos, mec\u00e1nicos y a la familia de Rodgers.\"><figcaption style=\"font-style:italic;font-size:14px;color:#666;margin-top:8px;text-align:center;\">El Vin Fiz despeg\u00f3 del hip\u00f3dromo de Sheepshead Bay en Brooklyn el 17 de septiembre de 1911, seguido por un tren especial de tres vagones que transportaba repuestos, mec\u00e1nicos y a la familia de Rodgers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Cuarenta y nueve d\u00edas y un avi\u00f3n reconstruido<\/h2>\n<p>Rodgers se guiaba por las v\u00edas del tren, con el tren de apoyo pintado de blanco para poder divisarlo desde el aire. Menos mal que llevaba un vag\u00f3n hangar lleno de repuestos: se estrell\u00f3 al segundo d\u00eda y sigui\u00f3 sufriendo accidentes. Choc\u00f3 contra un \u00e1rbol, una cerca de alambre de p\u00faas, se le rompieron los cilindros, se qued\u00f3 sin combustible sobre campos de algod\u00f3n y tuvo que reconstruir la m\u00e1quina repetidamente junto a las v\u00edas. Incumpli\u00f3 el plazo de 30 d\u00edas que le hab\u00eda impuesto Hearst antes incluso de llegar a la mitad del proyecto.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"margin:24px 0;\"><img data-opt-id=1906701244  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/cal-rodgers-vin-fiz-wreckage.jpg\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:8px;\" alt=\"Rodgers junto a uno de los muchos restos del Vin Fiz. Al final del viaje, quedaba tan poco del avi\u00f3n original que se dice que solo el tim\u00f3n y una bandeja de recogida de aceite llegaron hasta el final.\"><figcaption style=\"font-style:italic;font-size:14px;color:#666;margin-top:8px;text-align:center;\">Rodgers junto a uno de los muchos restos del Vin Fiz. Al final del viaje, quedaba tan poco del avi\u00f3n original que se dice que solo el tim\u00f3n y una bandeja de recogida de aceite llegaron hasta el final.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div style=\"max-width:100%;margin:24px 0;\">\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"><iframe style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yjOwN1BnhfM\" title=\"V\u00eddeo de YouTube\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-style:italic;font-size:14px;color:#666;margin-top:8px;\">El Museo Nacional del Aire y el Espacio del Smithsonian, que conserva el Vin Fiz, habla sobre Cal Rodgers y su vuelo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cuando lleg\u00f3 a Pasadena el 5 de noviembre \u2014tras recorrer 4231 millas en 49 d\u00edas, seg\u00fan sus c\u00e1lculos\u2014 una multitud de 20\u00a0000 personas se agolp\u00f3 en el campo. Al preguntarle c\u00f3mo se sent\u00eda, Rodgers, conocido por su monos\u00edlaba, rest\u00f3 importancia a la terrible experiencia, al tiempo que puso en duda la premisa de Hearst.<\/p>\n<p>No hab\u00eda terminado. Insisti\u00f3 en volar hasta el oc\u00e9ano. D\u00edas despu\u00e9s, cerca de Compton, el motor fall\u00f3 y el Vin Fiz se estrell\u00f3 contra el suelo, dejando a Rodgers con una conmoci\u00f3n cerebral y un tobillo roto. Desde su cama de hospital, cigarro en mano, se neg\u00f3 a abandonar.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #1565c0;padding:20px;margin:24px 0;border-radius:8px;\">\n<div>\n<p style=\"font-size:17px;font-style:italic;margin:0 0 8px 0;color:#222;line-height:1.5;\">\u201cOh, no hay problema, terminar\u00e9 ese vuelo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;font-weight:600;color:#1565c0;\">Cal Rodgers<span style=\"font-weight:400;color:#666;\"> \u2014 Desde su cama de hospital tras el accidente de Compton, 1911<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>El 10 de diciembre de 1911 hizo exactamente eso: despeg\u00f3 en un avi\u00f3n reparado y aterriz\u00f3 en la arena de Long Beach, donde la multitud empuj\u00f3 la aeronave hacia las olas, para luego alejarse cojeando con las muletas que llevaba atadas al fuselaje.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"margin:24px 0;\"><img data-opt-id=1039416065  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/vin-fiz-wright-ex-smithsonian.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:8px;\" alt=\"El Vin Fiz en la actualidad, conservado en el Museo Nacional del Aire y el Espacio del Smithsonian en Washington, D.C.\"><figcaption style=\"font-style:italic;font-size:14px;color:#666;margin-top:8px;text-align:center;\">El Vin Fiz en la actualidad, conservado en el Museo Nacional del Aire y el Espacio del Smithsonian en Washington, D.C.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div style=\"max-width:100%;margin:24px 0;\">\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"><iframe style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JolvV33jRmI\" title=\"V\u00eddeo de YouTube\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-style:italic;font-size:14px;color:#666;margin-top:8px;\">El relato de un narrador sobre el temerario primer vuelo de Cal Rodgers a trav\u00e9s de los Estados Unidos.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Un triunfo ef\u00edmero<\/h2>\n<p>Rodgers tuvo poco tiempo para disfrutar de su fama. El 3 de abril de 1912, mientras realizaba una exhibici\u00f3n en Long Beach en un Wright Modelo B, se top\u00f3 con una bandada de gaviotas; una de ellas atasc\u00f3 sus superficies de control y el avi\u00f3n se precipit\u00f3 al mar, mat\u00e1ndolo. Ten\u00eda 33 a\u00f1os. El avi\u00f3n, que hab\u00eda sido reparado en numerosas ocasiones, <em>Vin Fiz<\/em> Le sobrevivi\u00f3 y hoy cuelga en el Smithsonian, un monumento a retazos que representa la pura obstinaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<div style=\"max-width:100%;margin:24px 0;\">\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"><iframe style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0XKfxII6lOQ\" title=\"V\u00eddeo de YouTube\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-style:italic;font-size:14px;color:#666;margin-top:8px;\">Una recreaci\u00f3n mediante simulador de vuelo reproduce un tramo de la ruta del Vin Fiz a trav\u00e9s del coraz\u00f3n de Estados Unidos.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-style:italic;color:#666;margin-top:24px;\">Fuentes: <a href=\"https:\/\/historynet.com\/cal-rodgers-transcontinental-crashes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HistoryNet \/ Historia de la aviaci\u00f3n<\/a>; Museo Nacional del Aire y el Espacio Smithsonian; cr\u00f3nicas period\u00edsticas de la \u00e9poca. 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