Show IN HIS PER FLIGHT AMERICAN NAVAL PILOT MAKES CIRCUIT TRIP FROM KINGS BAY IN 16 HOURS coolidge and secretary of arm army y and navy send congratulations to explorer byrd accompanied by floyd bennett new york lieutenant commander richard E U ayrd ayi d united states navy aviator flew over the north pole sunday the new york times and the st louis post dispatch announced commander byrd first to accomplish this feat made the flight in fifteen hours and thirty minutes leaving his base at kings bay SpItz spitzbergen bergen st at 1250 sunday morning greenwich time and returning safely at monday afternoon the entire population ot of kings day bay turned out to welcome the americans return captain amundsen lincoln ellsworth and the crew of their airship norge on which they plan to make a similar flight greeted commander byrd upon his descent byrd was accompanied on his night flight by floyd bennett chief petty officer in the naval air service washington congratulations on his air dash over the north pole went forth to lieutenant commander richard E byrd from president coolidge secretary davis davia of the war department and secretary wllbur wilbur mr coolidge on 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 on the report that he has flown to the north pole it to is a matter of great satisfaction that this record has been made by an american the tact fact that the flight seems to have been accomplished without mishap demonstrates the high develop development rient of the art of flying in this country new york commander richard evelyn byrd la in flying to the north pole from kings bay and back in fifteen hous and thirty minutes demonstrated that wings whigs could do in less than a day cihat hat admiral peary discoverer of the north pole consumed eight months in ill negotiating by do dog 9 sled I 1 ills his giant three motored airplane carried him safely over wastes which I 1 amundsen last year pronounced un tate tor for airplane flight and the distance traveled roughly 1600 miles was wai equal to more than a months in the arctic under the most ideal conditions tor for dog teams |