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POLAR FLIGHT.

COMMANDER BYRD’S RECORDS. HIS CLAIM SUBSTANTIATED. BY CABLE —PRESS ASSOCIATION —OOPYB.IGHT. WASFTINTON, June 29. The special committee, appointed, bv the National Geographical Society to examine the records of Commander Bvrd’s flight reported that they found them carefully and accurately kept, and in their opinion they substantiate in. everv particular the claim of Commander Byrd that on May 9 he reached the North Polo by airplane, thus' being the first person to accomplish the lent by aerial navigation. . . , Two noted mathematicians ot the United States Geodetic Survey andi the chief cartographer of the society gave the committee, expert assistance in coining to this conclusion. All Commander Bvrd’s computations wei> verified. His probable arrive 1 at the Pole was nine hours three minutes Greenwich civil time, while his estimated time was nine- hours two minutes, --snowing only an error of a minute, involving a distance of about one mile. The report concludes: The feat or nyiivo* an aorroplane 600 miles from- la no and- returning, directly to the point aimed for is a remarkable exhibition of skilful navigation, and shows beyond reasonable doubt that bo knew where he was at all times during the nigh-t.

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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 1 July 1926, Page 5

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POLAR FLIGHT. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 1 July 1926, Page 5

POLAR FLIGHT. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 1 July 1926, Page 5

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