Show Salient Facts of Byrds Byrd's Flight By the Associated Press Per Personnel onnel Commander Richard E. E Byrd U. U S. S N. N who commanded first plane to fly over o north pole on leave from navy nary for present flight Bert Acosta flight pilot holder with Clarence ChamberlIn of oi the world record for endurance flyIng flying flying fly fly- ing George Noville Neville flight engineer army wartime pilot and former head of the airmail Bernt Balchen passenger passenger passenger pas pas- and relief relict man associated with Roald Amundsen in preparation preparation preparation tion for Norge flight over north pole I r R Route ute Long Island nd sound and southern New England coast across Nova Kova Scotia to Newfoundland then slightly south of ot great circle course across Atlantic ocean to Ireland and thence to Paris ParI Distance nce roughly miles mUes Time about forty hours Purpose Study of ot winds wh at various various various va va- va- va rious altitudes in an ah effort to chart general rules which may aid future Transatlantic fliers Plane The America is a three- three motored Fokker monoplane ane similar to the Miss Josephine J l Ford ord in which Byrd flew over the north pole but has gre greater ter wing spread Thirteen hundred gallons of gasoline and four fifty gallons of oil are carried The engines engines' are air cooled Wright whirlwinds the same as those used in the Ryan and Bellanca monoplanes monoplanes monoplanes mono mono- planes that preceded Byrd to Eu Eu- rope Instruments All An the instruments instruments instruments ments carried by the the- theRyan Ryan and Bellanca planes and more besides Commander Byrd will be able to take accurate reckonings such as asare asare asare are used on ships He will have the magnetic compass and earth In Inductor Inductor inductor In- In ductor compass such as the other planes had and will also be equipped with a sun compass a a. re recent recent recent re- re cent Invention which he used on his bis polar flight Food Food- Two toast chickens ten cheese and ten turkey sandwiches Emergency hard tack and pemmican pemmican to J lad t thirty days Incase in incase incase case p pf of emergency Communication Whereas the theRyan theRyan Ryan and Bellanca planes carried no radio set the the America has two The large set will send continuous Alls Ans well wen signals and nd in case oia ofa ofa of oi a forced landing at sea a small set setIn setin setin in the the tail Jail may be used for distress calls I Sponsors The flight Is b backed I by the America Transoceanic company company com corn pany which was formed for the I purpose Its head is Rodman Wanamaker department store I owner |