first flight over the North Pole

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:claimedBy gptkb:Richard_E._Byrd
gptkbp:controversy disputed whether the flight actually reached the North Pole
gptkbp:date May 9, 1926
gptkbp:departedFrom Spitsbergen, Norway
gptkbp:distance about 1,535 miles (2,470 km)
gptkbp:duration about 15 hours 44 minutes
gptkbp:followedBy Amundsen-Ellsworth-Nobile Transpolar Flight (1926)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label first flight over the North Pole
gptkbp:location gptkb:North_Pole
gptkbp:participants gptkb:Floyd_Bennett
gptkb:Richard_E._Byrd
gptkbp:precededBy no previous flight over the North Pole
gptkbp:return_location Spitsbergen, Norway
gptkbp:usedInAircraft Fokker F-VII Tri-motor (Josephine Ford)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Admiral_Richard_E._Byrd
gptkb:Rear_Admiral_Richard_Evelyn_Byrd
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7