[DOC] [TLE] Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett: First to Fly over the North Pole ... [PAR] Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett: First to Fly over the North Pole ... In May of 
1926, Spitsbergen's barren, frozen landscape erupted with activity as ... He had 
already gained some Arctic flight experience by being the first to fly ... 'The 
easiest way a man can make a monkey of himself,' he told a journalist, 'is to take 
up Arctic... [DOC] [TLE] Richard E. Byrd - Wikipedia [PAR] Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, Jr., USN (October 25, 1888  March 11, 1957) 
was an ... However, his claim to have reached the North Pole is disputed. .... On 
May 9, 1926, Byrd and Navy Chief Aviation Pilot Floyd Bennett attempted a ... If 
Byrd and Bennett did not reach the North Pole, then the first flight over the Pole... [DOC] [TLE] Byrd flies over the North Pole? - May 09, 1926 - HISTORY.com [PAR] It would have been the first time an aircraft flew over the top of the world. ... he 
and Bennett may have turned back 150 miles short of the pole because of an oil 
leak. ... receive the credit for their airship flight over the North Pole on May 12, 
1926, .... was Andrew Cunanan, a 27-year-old man already wanted for three 
murders. [DOC] [TLE] Richard E. Byrd | Virginia Historical Society Robert E. Byrd [PAR] ... first man (along with crew member Floyd Bennett) to fly over the North Pole on 
May 9, 1926. Some experts dispute that Byrd actually reached the North Pole,... [DOC] [TLE] RICHARD E. BYRD AND THE NORTH POLE FZIGHT OF 1926 ... [PAR] co-pilot Floyd Bennett were the fust to fly an airplane over the North ... 
interpretations of the diary, and the records of Byrd's first expedition in ... disputed 
and defended by many. ... that self doubts about his accomplishment of the North 
Pole may have ... Byrd flew to the North Pole in 1926, he was already a man of 
some but. [DOC] [TLE] Eagle Scout Siple with Admiral Byrd in the Antarctic [PAR] He learned to fly during the First World War and became a flying instructor for the 
U.S. ... Floyd Bennett, was the first person to fly over the North Pole on May 9th, 
1926 (though generally accepted in America, this record is disputed by some 
sources). ... In the end however, it could have all been left to the lads themselves! [DOC] [TLE] Admiral Byrd - Dictionnaires [PAR] Some sources claim that Floyd Bennett and Byrd later revealed, in private ... first 
flight over the Pole was the flight of the airship Norge in May 1926 with its ... 
Amundsen and Wisting had both been members of the first expedition to the 
South Pole, ... polar veteran Lisle Rose vigorously disputed the Balchen/Rawlins 
thesis. [DOC] [TLE] The Norge airship was the real winner of the race to the North Pole ... [PAR] May 11, 2016 ... IN 1926 two separate expeditions set out to be the first to fly over the North Pole. 
... of the race to be the first person to fly over the North Pole, his claim was 
disputed at ... In fact it may have been the first expedition of any kind to reach the 
pole. ... His pilot for the flight was Floyd Bennett, while Byrd navigated. [DOC] [TLE] Did Admiral Byrd Fly Over the North Pole or Not? - Live Science [PAR] Apr 15, 2013 ... On May 9, 1926, Admiral Richard Byrd became the first to fly over the North Pole. 
Or did he? The controversy has been going for nearly 90 years, and a new ... 
Floyd Bennett, in an attempt to be the first to fly to the North Pole. ... Numerous 
people have weighed in on the debate over the last 90 years, some... [DOC] [TLE] When was the North Pole first reached? - Quora [PAR] Presumably by Robert Peary, on April 6, 1909, but his claim has been disputed. 
However, that's ... Written May 28, 2014 ... American explorer

Question: Some dispute it but Floyd Bennett & this man claimed to have been first to fly over the North Pole in May 1926
Answer: Richard Byrd