Charles Blair, Excalibur Three, and the lone Mustang that flew across the top of the world
How Charles Blair flew a red P-51 Mustang solo across the North Pole in 1951 using sun-compass navigation.
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The airship Norge and the first verified flight across the North Pole on May eleventh, nineteen twenty-six
On May 11, 1926, the airship Norge completed the first verified flight across the North Pole, crossing from Europe to Alaska.
TaildraggerRichard Byrd and Floyd Bennett and the North Pole flight that history still argues about on May eighth, nineteen twenty-six
The 1926 Byrd-Bennett North Pole flight remains aviation's most debated claim - here's what happened and why historians still argue.
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