Clyde Pangborn, the Miss Veedol, and the Jettisoned Gear That Made the First Nonstop Pacific Crossing Possible
On October 4–5, 1931, Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon Jr. made the first nonstop transpacific flight - 4,500 miles in 41 hours - after deliberately jettisoning their landing gear over the Pacific.
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