On Tuesday, June 28, 1927, at 7:08 a.m. Lieutenant Lester J. Maitland and Lieutenant Albert F. Hegenberger of the Air Corps, United States Army, took off from Oakland Municipal Airport on the first successful non-stop trans-Pacific air flight and arrived at Wheeler Field, Schofield Barracks, Island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, on Wednesday, June 29, at 6:29 a.m. Honolulu Time, covering a distance of 2416 miles.
