Richard Byrd
The airship 'Norge' , commanded by Raould Amundsen was the first flight over the North Pole
Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett made a flight across the North Pole in 1926, but it was very controversial, with many others challenging their claim.
Admiral Byrd made his first flight over the North Pole in 1926, which was during the presidency of Calvin Coolidge.
Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett.
Richard E. Byrd was a navigator and expedition leader who claimed that he was the first to fly over the South and North Poles. However, his claims were disputed and majority of polar experts believe that Roald Amundsen has the first verifiable flight claim to each pole.
The Non-Stop Flight - 1926 was released on: USA: 28 March 1926 UK: 2 May 1927
Tentacles of the North - 1926 was released on: USA: November 1926
Law of the North - 1926 was released on: USA: 9 October 1926
-- The gunpowder rocket was invented around 500 BCE. -- The first successful flight of an airplane was in 1903. So the rocket sneaked past the airplane in line by about 2,400 years.
the first flight to the north pole has a bit of controvery to it - Admiral Byrd and his pilot Floyd Bennett claimed to fly to and over the North Pole in 1926 - Many people support their claim they made it and some do not - They at least came close but wither they did or not may never really be possible to know due to the poor state of navigation of the era and lack of photos etc - keep in mind that their is no land in the arctic, its just ice that is in consatnt motion so there are no solid landmarks to say "this is the place". i dont think there was any particular name to the expedition but the plane was a Fokker tri-motor named the "Josephine Ford" and it flew to and from Spitzbergen, Norway in sixteen hours - part of the controversy is that some didnt think the Fokker was capable of making the flight in sixteen hours but later studies have shown it was under ideal circumstances able to do so - the real question is was their navigation up to the task of putting them over the north pole - probably not but they should have been able to come close The first flight over the North Pole was claimed by Richard Byrd on May 9th 1926, but this was later discovered to be falsified. So the first flight over the North Pole was by the airship Norge on May 12th 1926 with its crew of Umberto Nobile and Roald Amundsen amongst others.
On May 12, 1926, Norwegian Roald Amundsen, his American sponsor Lincoln Ellsworth and the Italian aeronautic engineer Umberto Nobile flew over the Pole in the semi-rigid airship Norge, designed and piloted by Nobile.
Tentacles of the North - 1926 is rated/received certificates of: USA:Passed (National Board of Review)