Show BYRD WILL LEAD ARCTIC FLIGHT FLIGH Private People to Finance Expedition Not In Iu com Competition Competition- pen tion WASHINGTON l Feb leb eb 1 By 1 B Tho Associated d s Convinced by his exp as commander of the tho navy section it of the tb Mac Mac- MacMillan Mac Millan Milian expedition ast ast summer Bummer that exploration of ot the Arctic b by aircraft Is practical Corn Com Richard E B Byrd is to t lead an Independent expedition Into Into- these regions thIs year ear for tor toi scientific and aud pos sibly sibly- a flight to tho the pole Especially the tho nivy is not to toI tobe t I bo he connected with th the tha t which is to bo ho with the th aid ald of prominent Americans I among whom arc are John D 30 Kocko Rocke- I feller teller Jr Vincent A and anc Edsel Fond tord At the same Mme time although its objects will be b somewhat similar it tt will wilt not operate in competition with the expedition or of Aviation society which plans to thop hop oft off this spring from Point Barrow Alaska Alaska for tor tIle the ha north pole nor with the tho second effort of or Amundsen lsen the Norwegian explorer to visit Jelt isit the tho Acetic by air Outlining his position in a statement toda today Commando Commander Byrd said ald Announcement 0 of Ua plans for tor toran foran to an aerial expedition to the tho north pOlar regions W was LS nude made some some- somewhat I what prematurely ai as none of or the details have yet et bl been b cu eu My experiences experience In tn the Arctic regions last summer convinced mo inc mi of tb the entire practicability of oC ex- ex III oration by aircraft o of this see see- sec tion of or tho the world that hitherto has haa been inaccessible Financial support has been pledged by a 0 a number of private citizens ens and we e w now etc trying to reach a 0 a decision 1 as 5 lo to whether nn an airship or specially designed planes plane the tho best or of a successful outcome or of o lie you you- v on ture The Th expedition ex has IU no connee- connee tion with any others that aro are In 1 contemplation and ha has cia backing back Ins in a trl strict strict t sense of tho tb word being belne jn m undertaking that will be b financed ed and man man- managed man aged aped by individuals M My NY plans plane do not pu put mo mc m in n competitIon comp with th tile the Detroit ei ex The Tho Detroit expedition has a Ila leader In CaptaIn Wilkins and give a good roo account of ot Itself Commander Byrd II I eQuipped I to command an expedItion by dirigible or by lane as be he Is In both branches In iii 1921 he h went to England to be blone one of ot the navigators nR tit oC tho dir 2 i on Its t fligh across the Atlantic but that croft craft was destroyed In lit a trial flight ht In addition he heS has ha flown for several veral years cars an ani i because or of ohi his experience nce wa was wai to head the th flying section of or the tho MacMillan |