Pangborn’s Festival of Flight is July 7-8

The City of East Wenatchee and the Chelan-Douglas Regional Port Authority invite you to a free, family friendly, community event, Pangborn’s Festival of Flight on Saturday, July 8. Learn about East Wenatchee's aviation history, check out some amazing airplanes, grab some lunch from our delicious food vendors, have your face painted, visit our exhibitors, and have fun learning with their exciting aviation and Japanese activities.

July 7: Big Band Dinner & Dance

We are kicking off the event with the first-ever, 1940’s Big Band Dinner & Dance on July 7. Tickets are selling fast, and proceeds support the Spirit of Wenatchee’s Aviation Scholarship. There will be a silent auction, the Wenatchee Big Band is playing, delicious food will be served and have your photo taken next to the airplanes from the Devotion Movie. Thank you to our sponsors, Ridgeline Aviation, RH2, C&O Nursery, ALSC Architects, Davis Arneil Law Firm and Ardurra. For more information, visit EastWenatcheeWA.gov or cdrpa.org.

On October 3, 1931, Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon left Sabishiro Beach in Misawa, Japan, to fly Miss Veedol across the ocean in the first non-stop, transpacific flight. After 41 hours in the air, Miss Veedol crash landed on the bluffs above East Wenatchee. The Wenatchee Valley has been connected to Misawa and the aviation world ever since Pangborn's Festival of Flight was created to celebrate this historic event.