POLAR FLIGHT
COMMANDER BYRD’S SUCCESS RECORDS VERIFIED. Press Association—By Telegraph Copyright. WASHINGTON, June 29. Tho special committee appointed by tho National Geographic Society to examine the records of Commander Byrd s flight reported that it found them carefully and accurately _ kept. _ In its opinion they substantiated in every particular the claim of Commander Byrd that on May 5 he reached the North Polo by aeroplane, thus being the first person to accomplish the feat by aerial navigation. Two noted mathematicians of the United States geodetic survey and tho chief cartographer of the society gave the committee expert assistance in coming to this conclusion. All Commander Byrd’s computations were verified. His probable arrival at the Polo was 9hr drain Greenwich civil time, while his estimated time was 9hr 2min r showing only an error of a minute, involving a distance of about one mile. Tho report concludes: “Tho feat of flying an aeroplane 600 miles from land and returning directly to the point aimed for is a remarkable exhibition of skilful navigation, and shows beyond reasonable doubt that Commander Byrd knew where he was at all times during his flight.”—A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Evening Star, Issue 19290, 1 July 1926, Page 8
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192POLAR FLIGHT Evening Star, Issue 19290, 1 July 1926, Page 8
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