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[Pangborn, Herndon, and Acosta with Bellanca Skyrocket "Miss Veedol"]

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Identifier2005-12-27_image_078SourceThe Clyde Pangborn Pilot Collection (2005-12-27), Box 3, Folder 8DescriptionPhotograph of Clyde Pangborn (right), Bert Acosta (center), and Hugh Herndon (left) shaking hands in front of "Miss Veedol," a Bellanca Skyrocket CH-400 aircraft (tail number NR796W), at Roosevelt Field, New York, circa 1931.

Typed caption on verso: "Herndon-Pangborn Round-The-World-Flight. 138 – Bert Acosta, noted flyer, wishes Hugh Herndon, Jr. (left) and Clyde E. Pangborn, 'Happy Landings', before their departure from Roosevelt Field in their Wasp-powered Bellanca Monoplane on the round-the-world-flight in which they seek to lower the record now held by the Graf Zeppelin."Creation Datecirca 1931SubjectPangborn, Clyde Edward, approximately 1893-1958Herndon, Hugh, 1904-1952Acosta, Bertrand "Bert" Blanchard, 1895-1954Air pilotsBellanca Skyrocket CH-400 "Miss Veedol"Roosevelt Field (Airport : Garden City, N.Y.)PlaceNew York (State)United StatesOriginal Formatphotographic printsBibliographic CitationThe Clyde Pangborn Pilot Collection/The Museum of FlightRightsIn copyright

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[Pangborn, Herndon, and Acosta with Bellanca Skyrocket "Miss Veedol"]