An edition of Bernt Balchen: Polar Aviator (1999)

Bernt Balchen

Polar Aviator

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An edition of Bernt Balchen: Polar Aviator (1999)

Bernt Balchen

Polar Aviator

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He set polar flight records, organized a series of daring wartime air operations, and became a leader in Arctic aviation. But despite these achievements, Norwegian-American aviator Bernt Balchen saw his public image and military career repeatedly undermined by his one-time mentor, the famous and influential Admiral Richard Byrd.

In this new biography, Carroll Glines describes how Byrd's respect for Balchen's talents gradually eroded even as Balchen steadily gained a wider reputation for courage and technical skill. Glines contends that Byrd derailed Balchen's postwar promotion to brigadier general, forcing his retirement from the military in 1956. He also documents how Balchen's publisher bowed to pressure from Byrd's supporters to remove material from a 1958 autobiography. Balchen had argued that Byrd's claims to have been the first to fly across the North Pole in 1926 could not be supported by speed and distance calculations.

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Language
English
Pages
310

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Bernt Balchen: Polar Aviator
1999, Smithsonian Institution Press
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 300-302) and index.

Published in
Washington, DC
Genre
Biography.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
919.8/04/092, B
Library of Congress
G585.B3 G58 1999, G585.B3G58 1999

The Physical Object

Format
Hardback
Pagination
x, 310 p. :
Number of pages
310
Dimensions
9 x 6 x .6 centimeters
Weight
12.6 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL35619M
Internet Archive
berntbalchenpola00glin
ISBN 10
1560989068
LCCN
99020698
Library Thing
5170329
Goodreads
2823272

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