This old, stale sandwich locked away in a museum in Washington state has a special connection to an aviation daredevil who made a record-setting flight. The first non-stop trans-Pacific flight was completed on October 5, 1931, by Clyde “Upside Down” Pangborn and co-pilot Hugh Herndon, Jr. Hoping to set a record and claim a $25,000 […]
Clyde Pangborn’s Uneaten Sandwich An old, stale sandwich locked away in a Washington state museum is drawing fresh attention to an aviation daredevil and the 90th anniversary of a record-setting flight. The sandwich is said to have traveled with Clyde “Upside-Down” Pangborn. But when? It could have been in 1926, when he was wowing spectators […]
This old, stale sandwich locked away in a museum in Washington state has a special connection to an aviation daredevil who made a record-setting flight. The first non-stop trans-Pacific flight was completed on October 5, 1931, by Clyde “Upside Down” Pangborn and co-pilot Hugh Herndon, Jr. Hoping to set a record and claim a $25,000 […]
Clyde Pangborn’s Uneaten Sandwich An old, stale sandwich locked away in a Washington state museum is drawing fresh attention to an aviation daredevil and the 90th anniversary of a record-setting flight. The sandwich is said to have traveled with Clyde “Upside-Down” Pangborn. But when? It could have been in 1926, when he was wowing spectators […]