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
Architect	Graham, Walter
NRHP reference No.	72001269
Added to NRHP	March 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

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

Sources

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

[nris-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.

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