Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-07-29

him this time Commander Byrd tooK noted IueFl
exnert who is Flying Commander G. O. Noble as Ii
r.aures great skill pains to prevent the freezing
Of u5ricating oil and stiffened action of the motors
forced TO work on the plane in the open at great
attitudes with the 80 to 20 below zero
The points which favored the month of May thai
the Arctic fog begun to rise and heavy SHOWS still
covered the land afforded good landing places
factor of safety pointed out by Commander BYRD ~
connection of the Fokker machine is that It
carries engine 1t h,s three engines With
light load is expected to be sufficient TO mainin the
plane in fight With normal load two engines will do
the work If engines break down at time, when
the plane is too heavily loaded it may fly with the
use of engine. The Fokker machine has a wing
spread of slightly than 64 feet 1t is said to be
a marvel of airship construction.
The other arpIane-the Curtis Oriole-was to have
been used chiefly in finding landing fields that IL
the ers found their main landing place covered with
fog they might 90 elsewhere.
The Chantier equipped with powerful radio
mtter send back the of the expedition. The
Fokker also is equipped with receiving and
mtting Commander Bird not only kept the world
of progress the expedition received
through the Chantier weather warnings to guide him in
his flight. .s-. = es.S = sAsFf
How Expedition Was Equipped.
Fortyfve hundred pounds of whole beef Included
in the rations Of the Byrd forty-seven fiers
and technicians. Also four hundred pounds of
pemmcan (meat fats and raisins) huge quantities
bacon, dried milk erbswurst pea soup and other sup
plies proportion carried along Cod liver oil was
included its heathful properties Herbert Griggs
who had charge of provisioning Pearys expedition in his
famous dash the Pole worked the for the
allowance take of oil emergencies
No amount of clothing is really sufficient when flying
1000 more feet in the air in the Polar regions but
every possible precaution by Commander Byrd
against exposure The equipped with the
warmest and Eghest Of reindeer suits and with fur
parkas, garment that reaches to the knees has
hood covering the head Plenty of goggles were found
to be absolute necessity to protect them against the
glare Of the snow. - ~~~.Sza,eggs-
In spite of all the precautions the undertaking was
danger None of this equipment wo1ld he
q hp
precedened situation which might There is always
the danger of snowbndness exhaustion freezing soma
mishap to the engine. Lieutenart Byrd and his COM
panons however were particularly fortunate escaping
with practically i'll effects except the exhaustion due
to such perious trip.
Pick Up Ice Pilot
The ship Chant!ers first stop at Tromso Norway
where ice skipper taken pilot the Chantier
and its through the ice-flled waters around Spz
bergen to Kings Bay where preparations for the first
fight the Pole made The planes instruments
and the various oil mixtures connection with the
airship carefully examined and tested Lieu
tenant Byrds original plans called fights as follows
"A 40Omile flight from Spitzbergen Peary Land
to uA441 oil, provisions and equipment at place that
looks promising for landing.
"A 400-mile flight back Spitzbergen
3-A second 400ne flight from Spitzbergen to peary
Land base with further food, fuel and equipment
An S5O-mile flight to and around the Pole and back
to the Peary base
5-An S0Omile round trip flight to the northwest ova-
unexplored areas in search of new lands
ga 4OOmile flight from the Peary Land base back to
1t his plan In his second flight to attempt to dis
,over land cut when he received the report of the
light Of AmundSsi in his dirgibe in which it stated
hat the Norge had failed to find any trace of new
and Lieutenant Byrd decided to abandon further flights
md the trip over land sleds he had planned in his
earch for new land in unexplored Now he has
ecided TO try TO accomplish by airshp at the South
'ole what he did at the North As he left the Spitz-
ergen base he stated that he would have just as weu
equipped expedition for his southern flight as he had
. bis recent adventure In the North