Comments on: Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon, Jr.: First to Fly Nonstop Across the Pacific http://www.historynet.com/clyde-pangborn-and-hugh-herndon-jr-first-to-fly-nonstop-across-the-pacific.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=clyde-pangborn-and-hugh-herndon-jr-first-to-fly-nonstop-across-the-pacific From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Wed, 15 Feb 2012 06:00:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Jorge Bianchi http://www.historynet.com/clyde-pangborn-and-hugh-herndon-jr-first-to-fly-nonstop-across-the-pacific.htm#comment-788768 Jorge Bianchi Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:23:36 +0000 #comment-788768 Dear Cecile I'm a stamp collector, specially in japanese items. I have an envelope addressed in Tokyo with destination Seattle flew on the Clasina Madge of September 7, 1931 signed by Cecil Allen. I want to know if you have a picture of this aircraft. I will appreciate your help. Many thanks in advance Dear Cecile
I'm a stamp collector, specially in japanese items. I have an envelope addressed in Tokyo with destination Seattle flew on the Clasina Madge of September 7, 1931 signed by Cecil Allen.
I want to know if you have a picture of this aircraft.
I will appreciate your help.
Many thanks in advance

]]> By: Cecile LaGue ALessi http://www.historynet.com/clyde-pangborn-and-hugh-herndon-jr-first-to-fly-nonstop-across-the-pacific.htm#comment-352261 Cecile LaGue ALessi Wed, 20 Oct 2010 02:41:09 +0000 #comment-352261 Cecil Allen was a member of my family. I have an extensive collection of this story and personal notes and related materials, and have researched all aspects of their flight for more than two decades. Some of the information in your story is incorrect. The Pilots: Moyle and Allen did not fly around "aimlessly" for a day etc. etc. nor did they "get lost". They were forced down in a storm and managed to make an emergency ladning on an uninhabited island. After several days using rudimentary survival techniques...they managed to get the engine restarted and made their way east to kachatka...where they were able to recuperate and refuel before heading towards North America. Cecil was an intrepid airman...but it is an injustice to make him sound incompetent...truly part of the success of Herndon and Pangborn was luck, as much as the failure of others was bad luck... It is not as if Allen and Moyle and their aircraft were incapable of completeing the flight. Because of the incredible amount of prize money being made available...the pilots were flying into bad weather during a less than optimal time of year! Their predecessors challenges helped Pangborn and Herndon adjust their plans and may have inadvertently led to their subsequent success. Cecil Allen was a member of my family. I have an extensive collection of this story and personal notes and related materials, and have researched all aspects of their flight for more than two decades.

Some of the information in your story is incorrect. The Pilots: Moyle and Allen did not fly around "aimlessly" for a day etc. etc. nor did they "get lost".

They were forced down in a storm and managed to make an emergency ladning on an uninhabited island. After several days using rudimentary survival techniques…they managed to get the engine restarted and made their way east to kachatka…where they were able to recuperate and refuel before heading towards North America.

Cecil was an intrepid airman…but it is an injustice to make him sound incompetent…truly part of the success of Herndon and Pangborn was luck, as much as the failure of others was bad luck…

It is not as if Allen and Moyle and their aircraft were incapable of completeing the flight. Because of the incredible amount of prize money being made available…the pilots were flying into bad weather during a less than optimal time of year!

Their predecessors challenges helped Pangborn and Herndon adjust their plans and may have inadvertently led to their subsequent success.

]]> By: Jake Lodato http://www.historynet.com/clyde-pangborn-and-hugh-herndon-jr-first-to-fly-nonstop-across-the-pacific.htm#comment-14847 Jake Lodato Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:17:53 +0000 #comment-14847 The Asahi Shimbun prize in 1931 was $25,000. Pangborn and Herndon had no radio in Miss Veedol and no way of receiving information from any ground station. They navigated by dead reckoning and aeronautical charts. The Asahi Shimbun prize in 1931 was $25,000. Pangborn and Herndon had no radio in Miss Veedol and no way of receiving information from any ground
station. They navigated by dead reckoning and aeronautical charts.

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