LONGINES SPIRIT ZULU TIMEPIONEERING
TIME ZONES
5,500MILES
On 5th October 1931 Clyde Pangborn and
Hugh Herndon, Jr., two daring American
aviators, completed the world’s fi rst nonstop,
transpacifi c fl ight from Japan to the United
States. They took off and landed 41 hours later
in Wenatchee, Washington, having covered
a distance of 5,500 miles. At the time, it was
the longest fl ight ever made over water.