Show dirigible ready to aid the arctic flu flyers e rs heres a brand new portrait of lieutenant commander it II E byrd bureau of U S N who Is making final organization of the naval aviation section of the mac alllan arctic expedition under the joint direction of the navy and the national geographic society lieutenant commander Command pr byrd Is giving particular attention to the aerial navigation I 1 at features ile he was assigned to this 1 1 phase of preparation for the trans atlantic Atlant lc flight in 1910 when the airplanes leave their northern bases they will be the most completely equipped and self sustain ing aircraft that ever set out on a mission plans have been made to dis dispatch patell the dirigible los angeles or her sister ship the shenandoah from lakehurst la keli to etah alaska should an emergency call be raised by the mm men while mapping the unknown region between alaska and the north pole the availability of radio intelligence and the th ability of the navy to rush a dirigible to the rescue lends an element clement of safety to this expedition john L imeln artz will serve as the expeditions radio operator Rel Reli was chosen from more than 2000 amit amateur taur operators who applied for the post from till all parts of the world it has been decided to broadcast laity daily pr 0 of the party on a twenty meter wave length because of 0 light conditions licin artz Is one of the few in the men united states who has any aej experience alth j 1111 the e short wave length |