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    • Miss Veedol, 1931

    • Miss Veedol, 1931

    • July, 1931.
    • Clyde Edward Pangborn Collection

    • Pangborn, Herndon, and unknown bystander, 1931, in front of the Bellanca plane nicknamed Miss Veedol, in which they flew the first non-stop trans-Pacific flight in Miss Veedol was a Bellanca CH-400 powered by a 425 hp Pratt & Whitney Wasp engine.
    • Miss Veedol, 1931

    • Miss Veedol, 1931

    • July, 1931
    • Clyde Edward Pangborn Collection

    • Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon, Jr. made the first non-stop flight across the Pacific Ocean in the Bellanca "Miss Veedol", taking off from Samishiro Beach, 280 miles north of Tokyo, on October 3, 1931. The 300 lb. landing gear was dropped to...
    • Bellanca Letter, April 1931

    • Bellanca Letter, April 1931

    • April 4, 1931
    • Clyde Edward Pangborn Collection

    • Dated April 4, 1931, letter from R. S. C. Noorduyn of the Bellanca Aircraft Corporation, New Castle, Delaware, to Hugh Herndon, Pangborn’s partner, outlining confirmation of a plan to convert the long-distance J-6 Engined Bellanca to a...

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