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Richard Byrd (left) with Floyd Bennett, in front of their Fokker Tri-motor “Josephine Ford” before their flight over the North Pole on May 9, 1926. (Library of Congress/Getty Images))
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Richard Byrd (left) with Floyd Bennett, in front of their Fokker Tri-motor “Josephine Ford” before their flight over the North Pole on May 9, 1926. (Library of Congress/Getty Images))
Library of Congress/Getty Images)