Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon aborted a fast flight around the world and instead managed to make the first non-stop flight across the Pacific, from Japan. Arriving over the American coast, they even decided to continue to Boise, Idaho, but the weather would not cooperate and they belly-landed at Fancher Field, Washington state, having jettisoned Miss Veedol's landing gear after take-off. Veedol is a motor oil brand. The CH-400 Special Model J seems to be the same model as the Bellanca J-300. Photo from: The Oregon Journal / Oregon Historical Society

This is a replica of the Bellanca CH-400 Special Model J in which Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon, Jr. made the world's first nonstop flight across the Pacific Ocean from Misawa, Japan to Wenatchee, Washington on Oct 4, 1931. In 1998 the Spirit of Wenatchee organization was formed to build a flying replica for 100 Years of Powered Flight celebrations in 2003. Much of the work was done by members of EAA Chapter 424 based in Wenatchee. In 2005, a crew flew the Bellancato Eastern Canada and stopped at the Toronto Aerospace Museum located in an old DHC factory at Downsview Airport, Toronto, ON. Photographer: Charles Kadin.

This is a replica of the Bellanca CH-400 Special Model J in which Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon, Jr. made the world's first nonstop flight across the Pacific Ocean from Misawa, Japan to Wenatchee, Washington on Oct 4, 1931. In 1998 the Spirit of Wenatchee organization was formed to build a flying replica for 100 Years of Powered Flight celebrations in 2003. Much of the work was done by members of EAA Chapter 424 based in Wenatchee. In 2005, a crew flew the Bellanca to Eastern Canada and stopped at the Toronto Aerospace Museum located in a former DHC hangar at Downsview Airport, Toronto, ON. Photographer: Charles Kadin.