BYRD EXPEDITION
Plans for Antarctic Venture 81-MOTORED PLANE ' New York, August 25. During a brief visit here Admiral Byrd revealed his plans for his forthcoming Antarctic expedition. He said that he was not ready to divulge the date of departure, but it would be within two. months. The supply ship named the Pacific Fur, an 8800-ton steel oil-burner, would be used, larger than the City of New York of the last expedition, the old wooden brigantine named the Bear to serve as outpost ship. A special bl-motored aeroplane, now under construction, will be equipped with ski landing gear. The machine has space to carry fifteen passengers in addition to three of a crew. The cruising speed in 155 miles an hour. The complete personnel of the expedition is not announced, but it will include Harold June, one of the three men on the last South Pole flight, Commander George Norille, a veteran of Byrd’s Arctic trip and transatlantic flight, and a scout named Paul Sipple.
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Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 285, 28 August 1933, Page 9
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