—U. and U., photo.
Orville Wright, pioneer aviator, and first man successfully to fly in a “heavier than air" machine, and rarely photographed, shown with Lieutenant-commander Richard E. Byrd, the first man to fly to the North Pole. Commander Byrd predicts that within 15 years non-stop trans-Atlantic flights will be a reality, and that planes will explore the farthest points of the world.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3802, 25 January 1927, Page 42
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63—U. and U., photo. Orville Wright, pioneer aviator, and first man successfully to fly in a “heavier than air" machine, and rarely photographed, shown with Lieutenant-commander Richard E. Byrd, the first man to fly to the North Pole. Commander Byrd predicts that within 15 years non-stop trans-Atlantic flights will be a reality, and that planes will explore the farthest points of the world. Otago Witness, Issue 3802, 25 January 1927, Page 42
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