Show ga EN HIGH nal POS T IS APPOINTED ASSISTANT aeronautic CHIEF TO REPORT AT capable and courageous flier it 1 promoted fo following many days spent on high seas in disabled seaplane washington Commar commander lder john rodgers rescued after nine lays days afloat in the mid pacific in his plane 9 no 1 was appointed assistant chief of the navys bureau of aeronautics ile ho will lepor report t to washington as soon as possible to assume his new port secretary wilbur decided upon the appointment when he learned of the i rescue of the 9 no I 1 and its crew commander rodgell will retain for foi the time being at least his present rank and pay although he succeeds a captain A W johnson who has asked for sea duty commander rodgers will be as sis tant to rear admiral moffett chief of the aeronautics bureau th the e ri new e w a assistant s s is t a n t cl chief it e f i was v a s a among ong ame the fi first rs t n naval a v a 1 0 officers f fi c er s t to 0 r receive e c el aviation training having taken I 1 ii tion from tho the wright brothers in dayton 0 in march 1911 in august of that year when the pioneer officers in naval aviation were assembled into the first naval aviation detachment tach ment ho he was senior officer in the group it was while on this duty that he made the first flight across land by a naval officer lie ife flew a wright machine from annapolis to baltimore and back in the fall and winter of 1911 lie he operated cooperated co with his cousin C P rodgers in making the first cross continent flight in this country with other pioneer aviators of the navy ile he hed tho the first naval aviation station at san diego in january 1912 and his experiments with seaplane floats there are credited with having done much toward carrying aviation out to sea with the fleet he began a tour of regular n naval aval duty in august 1912 but returned to the aviation branch in july 1922 taking command of the air station at pearl harbor Ila hawaii ile he took command of the aircraft tender wright with the scouting fleet after completion of the joint army and navy maneuvers around hawaii last spring it was while on that duty that he was elected selected s to command the no 1 |