Pangborn-Herndon Memorial Site


Pangborn-Herndon Memorial Site
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


Nearest city	East Wenatchee, Washington
Coordinates	47°26′35″N 120°16′48″W / 47.44306°N 120.28000°W / 47.44306; -120.28000Coordinates: 47°26′35″N 120°16′48″W / 47.44306°N 120.28000°W / 47.44306; -120.28000
Architect	Graham,Walter
NRHP Reference #	72001269^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 16, 1972

The Pangborn-Herndon Memorial Site is a monument in East Wenatchee, Washington, United States, dedicated to Clyde Edward Pangborn and Hugh Herndon, Jr., the two men who made the first non-stop flight across the Pacific Ocean. They departed from Misawa, Japan, on October 4, 1931, and landed near this site 41 hours later.^[2] The memorial is northeast of East Wenatchee and consists of a 14-foot-high (4.3 m), 14-ton (13 t) basalt column atop a concrete base. The column is topped by 36-inch (91 cm) wings made of aluminum.^[3]

References

↑ National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Young, p.322
↑ "Pangborn-Herndon Memorial Site--Aviation: From Sand Dunes to Sonic Booms: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary". Retrieved 7 May 2016.

Sources

Young, Don; Young, Marjorie (1999). Adventure Guide to the Pacific Northwest, Hunter Publishing, Inc.

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