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1、Pioneering American aviatorPolar explorerOrganizer of polar logisticsExpedition leader第1页/共16页Medal of Honor第2页/共16页Richard Evelyn IIIEvelyn Bolling Byrd Clarke Catherine Agnes Byrd Breyer Helen Byrd Stabler Byrd and his familyin Boston第3页/共16页Engraving of VMI ca.1863第4页/共16页United States Naval Acad

2、emy in Annapolis MD第5页/共16页1926 North Pole flight,and controversyOn May 9,1926,Byrd and pilot Floyd Bennett attempted a flight over the North Pole in a Fokker F-VII Tri-motor monoplane named Josephine Ford,after the daughter of Ford Motor Company president Edsel Ford,who helped finance the expeditio

3、n.第6页/共16页The Fokker F.VII of Byrd and Bennett in flight.第7页/共16页Trans-Atlantic flight,1927In 1927 Byrd announced he had the backing of the American Trans-Oceanic Company,Inc.,which was established in 1914 by Rodman Wanamaker with the purpose of building the aircraft to complete the journey第8页/共16页L

4、t.Com.Byrd and aircraft第9页/共16页First Antarctic expedition,19281930In 1928,Byrd began his first expedition to the Antarctic involving two ships,and three airplanes:Byrds Flagship was The City of New York;a Ford Trimotor called the Floyd Bennett;a Fairchild FC-2W2,NX8006,built 1928,named Stars And Str

5、ipes and a Fokker Universal monoplane called the Virginia.第10页/共16页Byrds expedition第11页/共16页Second Antarctic ExpeditionOn his second expedition,in 1934,Byrd spent five winter months alone operating a meteorological station,Advance Base,from which he narrowly escaped with his life after suffering car

6、bon monoxide poisoning from a poorly ventilated stove.第12页/共16页DeathByrd died in his sleep on March 11,1957 of a heart ailment at his Brimmer Street home in the Beacon Hill neighborhood in Boston.He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.HonorsBy the time he died,he had amassed twenty-two citations and special commendations,nine of which were for bravery and two for extraordinary heroism in saving the lives of others.第13页/共16页Byrd Memorial on Mount Victoria,Wellington,New Zealand第14页/共16页Thank youPresented&Written byMAXINE MA 第15页/共16页感谢您的观看。第16页/共16页