ANTARCTIC FLIGHTS
BYRD’S PLANE ALOFT
LAND PARTIES’ PROBLEMS
LITTLE AMERICA, Nov. 3,
The Byrd expedition’s giant biplane was given a final test, flight to-day, with Admiral Richard Byrd aboard, to observe the flying qualities of the craft, which will he used mostly on long-range exploration. Earlier. Mr. Harold June took the plane a short distance over the Ross Sea, for aerial photographs oi the condition of tho ice which still covers the sea. Mr. Bernard Skinner, a former Army parachute jumper, made a jump from 400014. above Little America to “relieve the monotony.” He landed roughly, but without accident.
Latest word from the three expeditions in tho field is not reassuring. The tractor and sledge parties are finding difficulty in charring a safe passage through the crevasses in the area at latitude of 81 degrees south. Admiral Byrd has instructed them to retreat northward in an endeavor to find a safe passage to the eastward.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18546, 5 November 1934, Page 7
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