page_title: Floyd Bennett
section_title: Bremen Flyers
hierarchical_section_title: Floyd Bennett / Biography / Bremen Flyers
caption_attribution_description: English: early seies Ford Trimotor
context_page_description: Floyd Bennett was a United States Naval Aviator, along with then USN Commander Richard E. Byrd, to have made the first flight to the North Pole in May 1926. However, their claim to have reached the pole is disputed.
context_section_description: The Bremen was a German aircraft which had just completed the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west, but was stranded in Greenly Island, Canada at the end of that non-stop flight from Europe. Floyd Bennett and Bernt Balchen flew a Ford Trimotor to provide relief to the three stranded Bremen Flyers. Bennett had developed pneumonia following a previous crash, and died with a high fever while in flight on April 25, 1928. Balchen flew the remaining eight hours, and he was paid $10,000 ($149,000 today) for the effort, an amount that was passed to Bennett's widow. Bennett's remains were buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
caption: The Ford Trimotor used in the Bremen Rescue
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