Ballard Park - Miss Veedol Replica

It's a shiny, orange aluminum, 6-foot-long replica of the airplane, Miss Veedol, moving in a breeze atop a 16-foor pole in Ballard Park. The replica is international orange, the same color as the original plane, with running lights on the wing tips and it moves on roller bearings in a breeze. The flight is briefly explained on a stone marker and is dedicated to the people of Misawa, Japan, East Wenatchee and Wenatchee. The three are sister cities because of the Pangborn-Herndon flight, the first non-stop flight across the Pacific, which occurred in October of 1931. It began near Misawa, Japan and ended at Fancher Field above what would become East Wenatchee.