Show I I IS 15 SUCCESSFUL IN INI I PUL POLAR R fLIGHT AMERICAN NAVAL PILOT MAKE MAKES CIRCUIT TRIP FROM KINGS KING'S BAY IN 16 HOURS Coolidge and Secretary of Army and Navy Send Congratulations to Explorer Byrd Accompanied By Floyd Bennett Dennett New York Lieutenant Lieutenant Commander Richard E E E. Byrd United States nav navy aviator flew over the North Pole Sunday Sunda tho the New York Times and the tho St. St Louis Post Dispatch announced Commander Byrd first to accomplish this feat made the flight In fifteen hours an and thirty minutes leaving his base at Kings King's flay Day Spitzbergen Spitsbergen at 12 1250 50 o'clock Sunday morning Greenwich Greenwich Green Green- time and returning safely at 1 20 Monday afternoon The entire population of Kings Bay turned out to welcome the Americans American's return Captain Amundsen Lincoln Ellsworth and the crew of their airship airship air all ship Nor Norge c on which they plan to tomake tomake make malte a similar flight greeted Commander Com Coni mander Byrd upon his descent Byrd Bvrd was accompanied d on his hla flight n. n by Floyd Bennett chief potty officer in the naval air all service Washington Congratulations Washington Congratulations on hi his air dash over the North Pole went I forth to Lieutenant Commander Richard Rich I ard and E E. E Byrd from President Coolidge Secretary Davis of the War department department depart depart- ment and Secretary Wilbur Mr Coolidge on a a cruise down the Potomac on the Mayflower caused this statement to be issued at the White House The President sends his happiest congratulations to Commander Byrd Byrdon on the report that ho lie has flown to the North Pole It is a matter of great satisfaction that this record has been made by an American The fact that the flight seems to have been accomplished pushed without mishap demonstrates tho the high development of or the art of flying in this countr country New York Commander Commander Richard Evelyn Byrd in fl flying to the North I I Pole Iole from Kings bay and back in fifteen fifteen teen hous and thirty minutes demonstrated demon that wings could do In less than a day d y what Admiral Peary discoverer discoverer dis dis- dis coverer of the North pole consumed eight months in negotiating by dog sled His giant three-motored three airplane carried him safely over oer wastes which Amundsen last year pronounced unsafe unsafe un safe for airplane flight and the distance distance dis tance traveled roughly 1600 miles was equal to more than a months month's mashing in the Arctic Arctic under the most Ideal conditions for dog teams |