McAllen, TX, United States
Floyd H. (Slats) Rodgers. (March 7, 1889 - July 5, 1956) Daring stunt pilot "Slats" Rodgers developed a childhood interest in kites into a career in aviation that included barnstorming, bootlegging, arms smuggling, payroll flying and crop dusting. He built his first aircraft, known as "Old Soggy No.
1," in 1912 and later flew surplus World War I aircraft. Never one to abide by the rules, Slats was fined many times by the Civil Aeronautics Administration for illegal stunts and was refused his pil
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