Evening Star Newspaper, May 4, 1930, Page 115

GRAPHIC - GRAVURE SECTION ) z u a 7 SUPPLEMENT 12 PAGES IN TWO PARTS WASHINGTON, D. C, MAY 4, 1930. FLYING OVER THE BOTTOM OF THE WORLD WITH BYRD S P .‘.N - '&""“"fi""».‘:s‘-’;fi{v"..fiw Admiral Byrd and his three companions look down on the towering white peaks of the Queen Maude Mountain Range on their air dash to the South Pole. The wing tip of the plane is seen in this photo as it passed over the great mountains fringing the polar plateau. All photos copyright by New York Times Co. and St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Admiral Byrd holding the American flag and the stone % = taken from the grave of Floyd A great day at th.tle Amgnca. Member§ of the Bennett which he dropped at Byrd expedition carrying their leader and his com- the Pole on his flight. panions of the polar flight on their shoulders after their safe return. Just before the South Polar flyers left Lit- tle America on the great adventure. Admiral Byrd is seen in the center of the group with his doe. Igloo. The Byrd plane at its goal. This photo shows the blurred horizon as the plane circled in the - EOi Other pictures of the immsediate vicinity of ernt Balchen, who piloted the plane | Byrd expedition will be the South Pole. Stowing skis, snowshoes and other equip- Capt. Ashley McKinley, aerial ph over the South Pole, looking through the found on 10 pages of ment in thge Ford monoplane Floyd B:f‘,,‘,‘;ft pher, about to enter the pleayne with hli)s f;?ng::. cabin window just before the take-off. this section. just before the start of the polar flight. for the flight over the Pole.