Oct. 5, 1931: First Nonstop Trans-Pacific Flight Ends in Cloud of Dust

1931: More than 41 hours after departing Japan, Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon Jr. perform a controlled crash landing near Wenatchee, Washington. After the dust settles, they emerge from the airplane to complete the first-ever nonstop flight across the Pacific Ocean.
Pangborn had served as a flight instructor during World War I, and then followed the [...]

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