| Show u UI UIS S 8 NAVY MAN FIRST OF FIELD TO SAIL OVER POlE IN PLANE Richard TInd and mIll Ills His Mechanic Applauded B By y World Y orld EXPLORER IS YOUNG Showed Spirit By Touring World y orI Alone at A Age e of 12 NEW YORK TORK May to-Ey to 10 ByThe The Associated An Press An airplane air air- airplane air airplane plane has flown over tho North Polo Pole for tor the first time I The second successful polar cx- cx like UK the first was Amerl- Amerl an le led 1 by anan anan a nan of ot the navy 4 r I IS ds 10 vas WIlS te first f p prans rans flight flights 3 s C Com Corn Corn- o m 1 mander mannier Richard RichardF RichardI K F Evolyn vel v e 1 y n Byrd Dyrl Byrde shares hares with Ad- Ad Admiral Admiral Ad Admiral miral Robert E Effy Peary tho the honor J It f having led th inn e only expeditions If over the top op ot of I the world Corn Com Corn f l mander m n n d e r Byrd sailed over o tho the polo pole yes yes- Commar north arday In an anE anE anC E C Byrd A mer m e r I can C a fl built plane the first of ot nine Arc Arc- Arctic Arctic Arctic tic expeditions this year to achieve Its goal Only eight men have seen the tho north pole Four were were Esqui maux with lIh Admiral Peary J eur ono ona was Matt hiatt Henson Admiral Peary's negro follower nn and 1 another was Chief Petty letty Officer Floyd DIn Bra Bennett nett Commander Byrds Byrd's me me- mechanic mechanic t FIFTEEN Radio and anti cable table brought brought back to the ho New York Times and St SI StLouis StLouis Louis Ioula Post Dispatch ne 3 that the Byrd expedition had mad In Ill 15 hours and 30 minutes yes yes- yesterday yesterday a trip that took Admiral Peary eight el months by ship and dog sled The objective was achieved ed 18 83 days after the ex cx expedition sailed from New YorK tor f r Kings King's Bay Day Spitzbergen Continued I on SIx She U UI S Si NAVY MAN FLIES OER O'ER POLE Continued from Page Iago One Peary Feary was wa out of contact with 4 days Th The news brought congratulations congratulation ions tion from President Coolidge Secretary of ot tho the a 2 Navy Wilbur Secretary of War Davis s and irons from fellow explorers Amundsen Amund- Amund sen cn and Lincoln Ellsworth Elisworth Italian built dirigible the tho Norge I Is at at Kings King's Bay Day to attempt tine tho same Bame flight were among the tho first to congratUlate tho the Americans MESSAGE TO Commander Byrd rd sent II a Ither's day message ge of success to iii his mother Mrs MIll Mr E B R n Byrd Sr at Richmond and she said ald I am urn very proud of o Dick Commander Byrd yr 1 completed tine the flight over the pole polo sis Is days earlier than ho lie hOod had planned had expected to look for tor a land land- landing ing big place In and es- es establish es establish a II base but d decided at the thel thelast thelast l last St minute to risk everything In Ina ina Ina a stop non-stop flight lIe He left lert Kings Hinges Ray Bay yesterday at a in III Greenwich time and sailed tin un- un until til B a bubble bubblo sextant an Instrument Instrument ment of ot his lits own Invention In- In informed In Informed formed him ha ho was over the pole Ito made mado observations anti re- re re returned turned turnell reachinG Rings Kings Bay Day at p m Tn Ills His plane pIano was as a three 1 Fokker named Miss Ford tor for the daughter o of Ford who with John D Ii Rocke Rocke- Rocke Rockefeller feller Jr was a Il financial backer or of the tho flight BIG IlIG FLIGHT AHEAD F D veteran Arctic ex- ex ex explorer aia hero that he ho felt sure Bure Commander Byrds Byrd's report of the tho flight would hear bear out a II be- be belIet belief be lIet lief that Arctic flight ls is mu much h more dangerous than any other kind Amundsen failed foiled to reach time the pole polo by piano plane last yea year r Byrds Byrd's feat i Is regarded by as ns clearing the WilY way for tor his more and more Important flight to the northwest of in search of urn urn- unk un unknown k known own land Two Russian polar expeditions are cnn on m the verge erle of departure a French expedition sm with ith planes plane and dog dol sleds will leave heave later Lieutenant Lel LeiTh Leiga 1 Wade adt an American the around world the o rid flier will lead the th American overs l universities ties tics expedition over o the th pole Inn In search for a short route from London to Captain George H II Wilkins of the lie Detroit Arctic expedition which Is In search o of new v lands sailed Saturday over the danger danger- dangerous OilS ous Endicott mountains miles from Point Barrow Alaska Lieu LIeu- LIeutenant Lieutenant Lieutenant tenant 1 a a Norwegian plans a Il polar Iolar plane flight and Pr Dr Hugo Eckener a 1 German a dirigible flight Commander Byrds Byrd's brother Governor Harry Floo Flood 1 Byrd ot of VIrginia raid paid at Richmond Dick has been so lucky all his life that ho he believes he come conse through en Cs-en If It 99 of ot chances might bo be against him I 1 am proud of him lIe He has lies always been such an adventurous fellow follow that we weare weare wear are re relieved thou though h proud that he has made the tho flIght It If lic he had not and believed belle there wa was a ghost of a chance he lie woul would 1 try again as-aln as soon as possible President Coolidge In sending congratulations said that it was Wa made by a II man trained In the tho American navy Is a great satis satisfaction faction STORY or OP CAREER C Wanderlust laid hold upon Byrd early carly In inn II life reo but ut Instead of becom becom Ing Its slave he so controlled and directed himself that his great am- am ambition ambition am am- ambition was an achieved achieved an airplane exhibition to tIne the North Polo pole The same rare gift of or persuasion which won Edsel Ford John Joists D Rockefeller Jr and others othen to sup sup- support support sup support port his hilS polar flight night gained a notable decision back In 1901 1 01 ASa As a lad of or 12 a Byrd wanted santed to make a trip around the world by I himself ann and his arguments to a mother at first unwilling to grant proved successful Start Start- Starting lag ing tn from Irons Richmond Va a 0 city rounded founded by his Ills forefathers Byrd went overland to San Francisco where he caught a steamer for tor the PhIlippines Then hen he traveled on coasting vessels from fromn one Asiatic port port to another Alter After the tho European Journey lie ho crossed on a liner to New ow ew York where as as the tho youngest unescorted globe globo trotter In the tho world he be was wa wa interviewed Inter 1 by no less than fifteen reporters There were the tho tales ot of Arctic explorations exploration to excite c his bis Interest and ho determined when fifteen years old to make an effort to dis discover discover cover er the tho North Pole lour four our years later hater however the youth while II at at the Naval academy re- re re received calved ed a a hard blow Peary blow Peary reached the North Pole Undismayed Byrd refused ed to give c up his hi hopes hOIes to explore the Arctic To 10 the tho audacity sell self reliance antI and sporting spirit which marked his hb trip around the world he ho added science sd- sd science ence once technical experience an and 1 service to hi hia country which fitted him for Cor the ap sell pointed task The sporting spirit had mad behInd It a serious purpose lIe He wrote In inthe Inthe the tho New York Times rImes shortly before setting out on his mis expedition The Tho sporting element clement appeals strongly to me in but ut I 1 am also o deep deep- deeply deeply ly Iy Interested In 1 proving roving that the I can enn do the job I 1 want to two nee it done for Cor the prestige of aircraft I believe belle that It if we are successful In making flights even from Crom to Peary Land and back much good will wll result from the consequent aak awakening of the tho public to the va vast t possibilities of the airplane A After Iter going through the na navy y aviation routine Byrds Byrd's Interest In caused him to transfer to the tho naval air service With the tho purpose of 01 connecting himself with air expeditions expeditions In tn which he expected the nav navy to engage he began making a 11 technical study of o flight and In- In In for tor air navigation BURBLE U ULE SEXTANT His hits Inventions revolutionized re air nil these I One of was so called 1 bubble sextant enables fliers to obtain an arm artificial horizon and anti to calculate positions while In flight Another was the sun compass compas and the third a drift Indicator As a II result ot of o these an anti and 1 other ao- ao ac accomplishments Byrd In 1919 was assigned to to the duty of developing navigational na methods and pro provid providing ing equipment for the successful trans Atlantic flight of the th NC NC-i NC lIe volunteered to fly from Eng Eng- England Eng Eng- England England land to this thi country In the tho ho dirIgible 2 ZIt and aDd was In England when time the airship was wrecked In 1916 Hit an Injury resulted In Byrd being retired but almost inn inn- Immediately Im Immediately mediately he ho was called to active duty duly During the tha World war he valuable service and this with the tho added tact fact that his mIs record seventeen citations citation four tour or of them for bravery had lied much to do with congress passin passing a special act giving him hito the tre rank of lieutenant commander a temporary appoint appointment ment he be al already had held lie He b had bad d the commis- commis commission commission sion on training camps camp In 1917 1117 Th TIne following year ear lie he h went to Canada Canad to take tak command of the United States naval na forces Corces In that country I have ha no hesitation In saying that he mor more than anono anyone else el e by his own qu had hart much to todo todo t do with getting passed legislation creating the bureau of aeronautics In the navy department the tIme chief or of the bureau wrote I When hen Amundsen asked the no United States for the th loan c cf ci a 1 pilot lIot In 1924 for tor or hIs hi expedition Byrd was the tine first firt t to volunteer hut but the th navy department turned him down because he was a married man The Th opportunity went to an unmarried naval na pilot upon receiving the Immo tely took unto himself a 1 i wife wire With th thi J MacMIllan 1 Arctic In 1925 however Ilo Byrd flew more than miles lIea prevented to i prevented the llio search for new land hand n h Th commander was horn born In Winchester Va a October 25 1888 18 Bennett was born In inn burg N Yo T In 1890 lt 0 and entered the naval air service In 1917 |
