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.
TaildraggerOn October 5, 1931, Clyde Pangborn completed the first nonstop transpacific flight - 4,500 miles from Japan to Washington State, without landing gear.
TaildraggerHow barnstormer Clyde Pangborn went from inverted flight at county fairs to completing the first nonstop transpacific flight in 1931.
TaildraggerClyde Pangborn completed the first nonstop Pacific crossing in 1931, flying 4,558 miles in 41 hours after deliberately dropping his landing gear over open ocean.
TaildraggerHow Clyde Pangborn walked the wing of Miss Veedol over the Pacific in 1931 to complete the first nonstop transpacific flight.
TaildraggerHow Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon made the first nonstop transpacific flight in 1931 by jettisoning their landing gear.
TaildraggerHow Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon flew the first nonstop Pacific crossing in 1931 - and climbed onto the wing mid-flight to survive it.
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