About Us

Early in the project one

of the wings takes shape

Wenatchee Mayor

Dennis Johnson, East

Wenatchee Mayor Steve

Lacy toast with

Shigeyoshi Suzuki,

Mayor of Misawa City

to 20th year as sister

city's.

Building the Miss Veedol

The Miss Veedol was built over a period of 4 plus years by  EAA chapter 424, together with many other pilots and aviation enthusiast including our friends in Japan whom all did a part to bring our dream to life. With major funding from Kas and associates Tokyo Japan, the City of Masawa Japan, and the Wenatchee and East Wenatchee communities with out which the project would not have been possible. We now push forward to complete the journey flying the Miss Veedol around the world to Masawa and home across the largest ocean in the world.

Sister City's Wenatchee, East Wenatchee Washington and Masawa Japan

These once foreign City's spread by the seemingly impassable Pacific Ocean were united by one flight on a cold October morning in 1931. The Miss Veedol leaving Sabishiro Beach in Masawa Japan October 2nd and landing 41 hours and 15 minutes later in East Wenatchee Washington.

Now celebrated as sister City's representatives from both City's make regular visits to share cultures held apart by the 5,500 mile wide Pacific.

About Misawa

Reproduced below is a brief geographical view of the area.

1. Location:  

Misawa City is located in the northernmost part of the main island of Japan, southern Aomori Prefecture, about 600 kilometers (about 400 miles) north of Tokyo. It is situated at 141.22E and 40.34N. Its total land area is 102.76 square kilometers and it is 57 meters above seal level.

2. Population:

43,583 (As of March 31, 2001)

3. Industry:

The industry of Misawa City is mainly agriculture and fishing. However, there are several

noted factories in the city, such as "Andes Denki Co., Ltd." and "Sumintomo Chemical Co.,

Ltd.". Andes Denki Co., Ltd. manufactures a variable condenser for radio parts with 140

employees and Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. manufactures agricultural chemicals with 150

employees, which is proud of its gross productions as the top in Japan.

Others:

Sabishiro Beach in the city is famous as the take-off point of the "Miss Veedol," which

succeeded in the first Trans-Pacific Non-Stop Flight by two American aviators 74 years ago in 1931.

Welcome to the home of the

Miss Veedol