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[Bellanca Skyrocket "Miss Veedol"]
Photograph of "Miss Veedol," a Bellanca Skyrocket CH-400 aircraft (tail number NR796W), parked at an airfield, circa 1931.
[Pangborn, Herndon, and Acosta with Bellanca Skyrocket "Miss Veedol"]
Photograph 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',…
[Clyde Pangborn with Bellanca Skyrocket "Miss Veedol"]
Photograph of Clyde Pangborn looking at the propeller and engine of "Miss Veedol," a Bellanca Skyrocket CH-400 aircraft (tail number NR796W), circa 1931. Clyde Pangborn's business card is attached to the back of the image.Business card on verso: "Clyde E. Pangborn. Pangborn Aircraft Co. Anything in commercial aviation. Home address : Anywhere in the air. Aerial Acrobat."
[Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon with Bellanca Skyrocket "Miss Veedol"]
Photograph of Clyde Pangborn (left) and Hugh Herndon (right) standing in front of "Miss Veedol," a Bellanca Skyrocket CH-400 aircraft (tail number NR796W), circa 1931. Both men wear flight helmets and goggles.Inscription on verso: "This picture was made to show goggles."
[Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon relaxing]
Photograph of Clyde Pangborn (left) and Hugh Herndon (right) relaxing on beds, likely in a hotel room in Washington State, circa 1931.Embossed: "Lester A. Smith, Wenatchee."
[Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon with Bellanca Skyrocket "Miss Veedol"]
Photograph of Clyde Pangborn (left) and Hugh Herndon (right) standing next to "Miss Veedol," a Bellanca Skyrocket CH-400 aircraft (tail number NR796W), circa 1931. Herndon holds a sextant.
[Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon holding birds]
Photograph of Clyde Pangborn (right) and Hugh Herndon (left) holding birds, circa 1931. "Miss Veedol," a Bellanca Skyrocket CH-400 aircraft (tail number NR796W), is in the background.
[Portrait of Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon]
Photographic full-length portrait of Clyde Pangborn (left) and Hugh Herndon (right), October 1931. Inscription on verso: "Clyde Pangborn. Hugh Herndon. Soon after this to Wenatchee. Trans Pacific Flight Oct 3-5th '31.
[Window display featuring Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon's trans-Pacific flight]
Photograph of a Great Northern Railway window display featuring Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon's trans-Pacific flight, New York, New York, circa 1930s. The display includes photographs of Pangborn and Herndon and a poem about visiting Wenatchee, Washington, where the pair landed at the end of their flight. Poem: "An apple falling from a tree, / Made Newton think of gravity: / The apple then is…
[Bellanca Skyrocket "Miss Veedol" taking off]
Photograph of "Miss Veedol," a Bellanca Skyrocket CH-400 aircraft (tail number NR796W) piloted by Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon, taking off from Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, October 13, 1931.Inscription: "Kirwin. Seattle. 1931."Inscription on verso: "Clyde E. Pangborn at the controls, with Hugh Herndon, Jr. taking off from Boeing Airport, Seattle to complete their around their Around…