New Britain herald., 1927-07-19
Expedition Leaves Nor
folk, Va, Sept. l6-
Explorations and
Scouting Planes Are
Nearing Completion.
Furs Used in Arctic Dash
Taken From Storage for
This Attempt Balchen
to Supervise Building of
Machine.

New York, July / [Pl-The trans
atlantic mo.oplane America, which
during the reception to Commander
Byrd and his associates Yesterday
lay dismantled and Grated in the
hold of the Leviathan, will have its
day of glory in due time, John Gil
lespie, spokesman for the command
or, announced today.
VIII Exhibit Ship
The storm battered ship will be
rebuilt. he explained, and placed on
Exhibition, probably in Central park
Commander Byrd's plans for his
next daring expedition are already
taking definite form. A whaling
ship, due here August %, will bear
he South Pole expedition southwark
rom Norfolk, Va, on September IT,
said Mr.. Gillespie.
The plane in which the comman-
der hopes to fly over the South
pole, is now nearing completion at
The Fokker plant, and is similar to
The Josephine Ford, with which
Byrd conquered the North pole, Gill
'espie explained. In addition, two
small scout planes will be used, he
said.
Old Eurs Brought Out
Furs used on the North pole flight
have been ordered from storage for
inspection and mending, and the
commander plans to overhaul other
equipment used on that flight at the
Brooklyn navy yard.
Snatching a moment now and then
from the whirl of activities attend
ing his return, activities both social
end In regard to his forthcoming
polar flight, the commander is pref
pairing for publication the data gath
cred on his fight to France. The
report Of the voyage of the Ameri-
ca, which will be virtually official,
will be submitted to the National
Geogra phicai society for publication
in the National Geographical maya
only article will be about 5000
words.
Some Records Lost
Some of the official America re-
cords wee lost, one record lost be-
ing a record of the times at which
and which also contained copious
weather data that could not be in
corporated in the log.
Several logs were kept. Comman-
der Byrd said. One was kept by
him. This was the same one he
used on his North pole flight. and
he told of saving 1t with a CLEAN in
his eyes. There's some things in it
that will never be published he
said.
BarcGraph Records
The Paragraph. official aeronautic
record of approximate times and
attitudes, was turned over to Por-
ter Adams. president of the Ma
tional Aeronautical association. Its
readings will be disclosed later.
Commander Byrd's temporary
headquarters in the McAlpin hotel
was the Mecca today of "cronies"
as the commander called them. One
Of the first to arrive was a young
newsrap man who quit his job of
writing pieces for the paper and got
himself job on the Chantier, on
which vessel he stocked coal on the
voyage to Spitzbergen and back.
Several other young men who had
rot humble jobs on the Chantier.
chiefly for adventure. sauntered into
he commanders room.
Is Gracious Host
Some conception of Commander
Byrd's nature could be CLEANED from
lis manner Of meeting them. They
anne as bashful young men awed
in the presence of a hero. AS they
would come into the room, Comman-
der Byrd would look up, smile pleas
antly and offer his hand, saying.
Hello, I'm glad to see you again
And he remembered each callers
name. These young men are all
applicants for potato peeling jobs on
The antarctic voyage.
Another caller who was graciously
received was Major John 7. Fan
cher, of Spokane. Wash. head of
the National Air Derby from New
York to Spokane. Hello there, Fan
cher" tie com ander called out as
his visitor entered. THE last time
I saw you was In Seattle last spring
when you had a fall"
Major Fancher explained this fall
was a bad landing in which his
landing gear stuck.
Conference Tomorrow
Tomorrow morning Commander
Ryrd will have conference with
James II. Kimball. New York
metereologist who supplied the
America with weather charts that
proved of great value to the flers.
Told that Philip Byrd, an Argen-
tinian. had presented him with a
white collie, Commander Byrd's eyes
cleaned again. Sure / want the
dog" he said. I'm great dog
raucier. I've still got little Igloo.'
Jploo IL the first canine ever to fly
over the North Pole. and he made
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