MAKE A MEME View Large Image Balchen and Skies SDASM.DATE: 1926 SDASM.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Balchen rebuilt and installed new skis for the Byrd aircraft in Spitsbergen, enabling Byrd to successfully take off for his attempt to fly to the North Pole. Balchen is seen ...
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Keywords: balchen and skies balchenandskies SDASM.CATALOG: Balchen_000061 SDASM.TITLE: Balchen and Skies SDASM.DATE: 1926 SDASM.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Balchen rebuilt and installed new skis for the Byrd aircraft in Spitsbergen, enabling Byrd to successfully take off for his attempt to fly to the North Pole. Balchen is seen on the left with an assistant at the front of the ski. A Norwegian naval officer stands to the right, 1926. SDASM.COLLECTION: Bernt Balchen Collection SDASM.TAGS: Balchen and Skies ,, PUBLIC COMMONS.SOURCE INSTITUTION: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive SDASM.CATALOG: Balchen_000061 SDASM.TITLE: Balchen and Skies SDASM.DATE: 1926 SDASM.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Balchen rebuilt and installed new skis for the Byrd aircraft in Spitsbergen, enabling Byrd to successfully take off for his attempt to fly to the North Pole. Balchen is seen on the left with an assistant at the front of the ski. A Norwegian naval officer stands to the right, 1926. SDASM.COLLECTION: Bernt Balchen Collection SDASM.TAGS: Balchen and Skies ,, PUBLIC COMMONS.SOURCE INSTITUTION: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
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