Modern Era · Europe · Exploration
1926
Byrd flies over the North Pole
May 9, 1926
American aviator Richard Byrd and his pilot Floyd Bennett claimed to have flown a Fokker trimotor over the geographic North Pole from a base on Spitsbergen. Later analysis of his diary suggested he had turned back short. The glory was real enough at the time. A parade on Broadway followed.
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Modern Era (1901–2000), one of 590 events from that era on Saeculum.
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