2 Quotes & Sayings By Richard Byrd

Richard Evelyn Byrd was an American flier, explorer, and military officer. He was one of the first pilots to make a successful nonstop flight across the North Pole. On May 9, 1926, Byrd flew over the North Pole in his Lockheed Vega, which he named The Lone Eagle. He was also second-in-command of the ill-fated 1933–34 expedition to Antarctica that made headlines when six of its members perished.