Bellanca J-300 "Miss Veedol"
E1031596
The Bellanca J-300 "Miss Veedol" was a modified long-range American monoplane best known for making the first nonstop transpacific flight from Japan to the United States in 1931.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bellanca J-300 | 1 |
| Bellanca J-300 "Miss Veedol" canonical | 1 |
| Bellanca J-300 Long Distance Special | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13270817 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bellanca J-300 "Miss Veedol" Context triple: [Hugh Herndon Jr., usedAircraft, Bellanca J-300 "Miss Veedol"]
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A.
Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor
The Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor is a twin-engine military transport and trainer aircraft, derived from the Beechcraft Model 18, that was widely used by the United States and allied air forces from World War II through the postwar era.
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B.
Cessna 340
The Cessna 340 is a pressurized, twin‑engine light business aircraft popular for its cabin comfort and range in general aviation.
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C.
Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra
The Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra was a 1930s American twin‑engine, all‑metal airliner designed for medium-range passenger service and notable for its advanced performance and use as the basis for several military variants.
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D.
Cessna 421
The Cessna 421 is a twin-engine, pressurized light aircraft popular for business and personal transport due to its cabin comfort and range.
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E.
Convair 440
The Convair 440 is a twin-engine, short- to medium-range commercial airliner developed in the 1950s as an improved, pressurized variant of Convair’s successful series of piston-powered passenger aircraft.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bellanca J-300 "Miss Veedol" Target entity description: The Bellanca J-300 "Miss Veedol" was a modified long-range American monoplane best known for making the first nonstop transpacific flight from Japan to the United States in 1931.
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A.
Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor
The Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor is a twin-engine military transport and trainer aircraft, derived from the Beechcraft Model 18, that was widely used by the United States and allied air forces from World War II through the postwar era.
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B.
Cessna 340
The Cessna 340 is a pressurized, twin‑engine light business aircraft popular for its cabin comfort and range in general aviation.
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C.
Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra
The Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra was a 1930s American twin‑engine, all‑metal airliner designed for medium-range passenger service and notable for its advanced performance and use as the basis for several military variants.
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D.
Cessna 421
The Cessna 421 is a twin-engine, pressurized light aircraft popular for business and personal transport due to its cabin comfort and range.
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E.
Convair 440
The Convair 440 is a twin-engine, short- to medium-range commercial airliner developed in the 1950s as an improved, pressurized variant of Convair’s successful series of piston-powered passenger aircraft.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aircraft
ⓘ
long-range aircraft ⓘ monoplane ⓘ |
| aircraftCategory | record-setting aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftConfiguration | conventional taildragger ⓘ |
| aircraftModel |
Bellanca J-300
ⓘ
linked to:
Bellanca J-300 "Miss Veedol"
|
| aircraftType | single-engine monoplane ⓘ |
| arrivalCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| arrivalLocation |
East Wenatchee, Washington
ⓘ
linked to:
East Wenatchee
Wenatchee, Washington ⓘ |
| coPilot | Hugh Herndon Jr. ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| crewMember |
Clyde Pangborn
ⓘ
Hugh Herndon Jr. ⓘ |
| departureCountry | Japan ⓘ |
| departureLocation | Misawa, Japan ⓘ |
| engineConfiguration | single-engine ⓘ |
| fate | lost in later accident ⓘ |
| flightAchievement | first nonstop flight across the Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| flightDistance | approximately 4500 miles ⓘ |
| flightDuration | about 41 hours ⓘ |
| flightRoute | Misawa to Wenatchee ⓘ |
| fuelSystem | long-range fuel capacity ⓘ |
| historicStatus | pioneering transpacific aircraft ⓘ |
| landingGear |
fixed landing gear initially
ⓘ
jettisoned after takeoff on transpacific flight ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Bellanca Aircraft Corporation ⓘ |
| modification |
extra fuel tanks for long-range flight
ⓘ
jettisonable landing gear ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Veedol motor oil
ⓘ
linked to:
Veedol motor oil brand
|
| notableFlight | nonstop flight from Japan to the United States ⓘ |
| notableFlightDate |
1931-10-04
ⓘ
1931-10-05 ⓘ |
| notableFlightYear | 1931 ⓘ |
| notableFor | first nonstop transpacific flight ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Clyde Pangborn
ⓘ
Hugh Herndon Jr. ⓘ |
| operationalEra | 1930s ⓘ |
| pilot | Clyde Pangborn ⓘ |
| registration | NR796W ⓘ |
| role | long-distance record aircraft ⓘ |
| sponsor |
Tide Water Oil Company
ⓘ
linked to:
Tidewater Oil Company
Veedol motor oil ⓘ
linked to:
Veedol motor oil brand
|
| usedFor | long-distance flight records ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | high-wing monoplane ⓘ |
| yearOfNotableFlight | 1931 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Bellanca J-300 "Miss Veedol" Description of subject: The Bellanca J-300 "Miss Veedol" was a modified long-range American monoplane best known for making the first nonstop transpacific flight from Japan to the United States in 1931.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Bellanca J-300 "Miss Veedol"
linked to: Bellanca J-300 "Miss Veedol"