The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-07-09

with hin, this time Commander Byrd took noted fuel
expert who is Flying Commander G. o. Noble as 1T
requires great skill and pains to prevent the freezing
of bricating oil and stiffened action of the motors
forced to work the plane In the open at great
attitudes with the thermometer at go to 70 below Zero
The pents which favored the month of May were that
the Arctic fog had not begun rise and heavy still
covered the land and afforded many good Landing places
factor of safety pointed out by Commander Byrd In
connection with the of the Fokker machine Ia that
carries engine has three engines. With
light load is expected to be sufficient to maintain the
plane in flight With normal load, two engines will do
the work If two engines break down at time when
the plane Is not too heavily loaded 1t may fly with the
of engine. The Fokker machine has wing
spread of slightly than "a feet 1t is said to be
marvel of airship construction.
The other arplane-the Curtis Oriole-was to have
been used chiefly in finding landing fields so that II
the ers found their main landing place covered with
fog they might go elsewhere
The Chantier equipped with powerful radio trans
mitter to send back the of the expedition The
Fokker also is equipped with receiving and trans
hitting set Commander Byrd not only kept the world
informed of the of the expedition but received
through the Chantier weather warnings to guide him in
his flight
How Expedition Was Equipped.
FOrtyve hundred pounds of whole beef were included
in the ratipns of the Byrd of forty=sevep fers
and technicians Also four hundred pounds of
pemmcan fmeat fats and raisps) huge quantities of
bacon dried milk erbswurst (pea soupl and other sup
plies in proportion carried along Cod liver oil was
included for its heathful properties Herbert Griggs
who had charge of provisioning Pearys expedition in his
famous dash to the Pole worked the ratens for the
Byrd explorers, Two pounds per per day was the
allowance to take care of all emergencies
No amount of clothing Is really sufficient when flying
1000 more feet in the air In the Polar regions but
every possible precauon taken by Commander Byrd
against exposure. The men were equipped with the
warmest and lightest of reindeer suits and with fur
parkas garment that reaches to the knees and has
hood covering the head Plenty of goggles found
to be absolute necessity to protect them against the
glare of the
spite Of all the precautions the undertaking was
full of unseen danger. None of this equipment would be
of the slightest avail against unexpected and IN
precedened situation might arise There is ALWAYS
the danger of snowblindness exhaustion eezag some
mishap to the engine. Lentepapt Byrd and his COM
panons however We're payeuarly fortunate escaping
with practically i'll effects except the exhaustion due
to such perilous trip.
Pick Up Ice Pilot
The ship Chanters first stop was at Tromso, Norway
where ice skipper taken pilot the Chantier
and its through the iceled waters around Spitz
bergen to Kings Bay where preparations for the FIRST
fight t9 the R9le Wers made The planes the
ana the various oil mixtures used In connection with the
arshp tests were carefully examined and tested Lieu
tenant Byrds original plans called fer six flights as follows
IA 4gO-mile aght tFeHl Spitzbergen to Peary Land
to unload ell preYsions and equipment n zee that
laoks promising for a landing
"a 400me flight back to Spitzbergen
ga second 4oomile flight from Spitzbergen to Peary
Land base with further feea FUEL and equipment
4sAg so@mle Hsht to asd around the Pole and back
s-Ap soo:me round trip fight to tho northwest over
unexplored areas IN, search Of new lands.
Ga 4Vemle flight fgem the Peary Land base back to
Spit2bergen: "
II was MS pea Ia his second flight attempt to dis
cover new land but when he received report of the
flight of Amundsen In his drgibe In which 1t was stated
that the Norge had failed to find any trace of new
land Lieutenant Byrd decided abandon further flights
and the trip over land sleds he had planned In his.
search Tor new land in unexpored areas New be bas
decided to try to accomplish by atFsb at the South
Pole what he did at the Negth AS he left the Spits
bergen base he stated that he have just as wen
an equipped expedition for his southern fight as he had
in his recent adventure in the North