Miss Veedol
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Miss Veedol was the first aeroplane to fly non-stop across the Pacific Ocean. On October 5, 1931, Clyde Pangborn and co-pilot Hugh Herndon landed in the hills of East Wenatchee, Washington, following
Replica of Miss Veedol in the Misawa Aviation & Science Museum, Aomori, Japan. (When the plane was renamed The American Nurse, it was painted white with yellow wings).
This monument in Misawa, Japan, commemorates the flight of Miss Veedol.
Bellanca J-300
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The Bellanca J-300 was a high wing cabin monoplane used for several trans-atlantic attempts, including a successful 1934 crossing by the Adamowicz brothers.
Miss Veedol
…research, she was last sighted by an ocean liner in the eastern Atlantic, before disappearing without a trace. Miss Veedol was a 1931 Bellanca CH-400 or Bellanca J-300 Long-Distance Special, registration NR796W. It was built at Bellanca Airfield in New Castle, Delaware. It could carry 696 US gallons (2,630 L) of fuel…
Bellanca J-300 aircraft of Adamowicz brothers in Warsaw, 1934.