AIR EXPLORER TO TELL EXPERIENCES AT UNION

Lieutenant-Commander Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr., will give an account of the work accomplished by the Navy-MacMilan Expedition of last summer in the Living Room of the Harvard Union this Thursday evening, at 7.15 o'clock.

Commander Byrd was in charge of the Naval detachment of the Expedition which was to have flown to the North Pole from Etan, one of the farthest North bases of MacMillan. He planned to take three Loening Amphibian planes as far North as was possible in the Expedition's steam vessel, to unpack them at Etah, and then to fly North to Cape Columbia or Cape Thomas Hubbard where a flying base could be established. From Axel Heiberg land the planes were to attempt the flight over unexplored territory to the North Pole. The expedition fell short of its goal because of unprecedented weather conditions.

Commander Byrd graduated from the Naval Academy in 1912. He was a student in the Graduate School of the University in 1917. In August 1917 he became incrested in aviation and went to the flying fields at Pensacola, Florida. He was the first aviator to advocate and practice flying by night over water, and the first who flew over water out of sight of land. From July 1918, until the Armistice he was in charge of the United States airforces of Canada. Hal fax and North Sydney. For his work during the World War he was awarded the Silver Star for exceptionally meritorious service and the Aviator's Medal of Merit.

Commander Ryed is the author of a booklet which has been received with enthusiasm by flyers the world over. Under the title "Navigation of the Air" it treats of many questions vital to pilots and navigators alike.