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A century ago, an explorer and his pilot claimed to be the first people to fly over the North Pole. Here’s why experts doubt that achievement
On May 9, 1926, two naval aviators, explorer Richard Byrd and pilot Floyd Bennett, would claim to accomplish a new feat of flight. That day, the pair reported flying over the North Pole, which would ...
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