Richard E. Byrd on March 5, 1927. The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (NSN: 0–7918), United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition I, in that on November 28, 1929 he took off in his "Floyd Bennett" from the Expedition's base at Little America, Antarctica and, after a flight made under the most difficult conditions he reached the South Pole on November 29, 1929. After flying some distance beyond this point he returned to his
The Aviator (1929 film) his pre-1950 films to Associated Artists Productions. It does not appear to have been shown on television or reissued. Notes Bibliography The Aviator (1929 film) The Aviator is a 1929 American Pre-Code Vitaphone comedy film produced and released by Warner Bros. Directed by Roy Del Ruth, the film was based on the play of the same name by James Montgomery and starred Edward Everett Horton and Patsy Ruth Miller. "The Aviator" is similar to the silent comedy "The Hottentot" (1922), where a hapless individual has to pretend to be a famous steeplehorse jockey. "The Aviator" today is considered a lost