Clark County NV Archives Obituaries.....ROGERS, Emery November 27 1921
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Gerry Perry missgerry@cox.net October 6, 2004, 11:55 pm

Las Vegas Age - 12/3/1921


FALL IN AEROPLANE KILLS EMERY ROGERS



WELL-KNOWN AVIATOR HAS TRAGIC ENDING AT CRESCENT FLYING FIELD



    Emery ROGERS, well-known in Las Vegas through his interest in the air 

mail route from Salt Lake to Los Angeles, was instantly killed Sunday at the 

Crescent Flying Field, when his monoplane crashed to earth.  He had been 

racing his monoplane C-1 against Kenneth MONTEE in a French Nienport pursuit 

plane, the two planes circling the field neck and neck at the rate of 140 

miles an hour.  ROGERS was flying only fifteen feet above the ground and 

swerved upward to a thirty foot level for the turn.  Instead of 

straightening out the plane careened to one side and fell to the ground, a 

mass of twisted wreckage.  ROGERS was carried to the Hollywood Emergency 

Hospital where he died ten minutes after being placed on the operating 

table.

    He was one of the best known flyers in the West, having gained much 

distinction as an expert aviator during the World War.  He has recently been 

at the head of the ROGERS Aircraft Corporation, being associated with Mr. 

WEBSTER and W. P. HALLIDAY.  His home was at Santa Monica where he has a 

wife and two children.









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