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
Lincoln Aviator ever sold by Lincoln. As the division expanded its use of crossover SUVs, the Aviator was not directly replaced; for 2007, the five-passenger MKX (initially intended to wear the Aviator nameplate) was offered with a similar exterior footprint, with the 2009 MKT offering six/seven-passenger seating (slotted slightly below the Navigator in size. For its entire production run, the first-generation Aviator was assembled at St. Louis Assembly in Hazelwood, Missouri alongside the Explorer and Mountaineer. In March 2018, Lincoln unveiled the prototype for the second-generation Aviator, intended to enter production in 2019. Scheduled as a 2020 model, the Aviator will be