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Pangborn-Herndon Memorial Site

Coordinates: 47°26′35″N 120°16′48″W / 47.44306°N 120.28000°W / 47.44306; -120.28000
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Pangborn-Herndon Memorial Site
Pangborn-Herndon Memorial Site is located in Washington (state)
Pangborn-Herndon Memorial Site
Pangborn-Herndon Memorial Site is located in the United States
Pangborn-Herndon Memorial Site
Nearest cityEast Wenatchee, Washington
Coordinates47°26′35″N 120°16′48″W / 47.44306°N 120.28000°W / 47.44306; -120.28000
ArchitectGraham, Walter
NRHP reference No.72001269[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 16, 1972

The Pangborn-Herndon Memorial Site is a monument in (present-day) East Wenatchee, Washington, dedicated to Clyde 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, by artist Walter Graham, 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.
This was in an unincorporated area in 1931, but the town of Wenatchee, Washington, was nearby. [3]

References

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ Young, p.322
  3. ^ "Pangborn-Herndon Memorial Site--Aviation: From Sand Dunes to Sonic Booms: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary". Retrieved 18 Jan 2023.

Sources

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