Bernt Balchen (23 October 1899 – 17 October 1973) was a Norwegian pioneer polar aviator, navigator, aircraft mechanical engineer and military leader....

people with the name include: Bernt Albert (born 1944), Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party Bernt Balchen, D.F.C. (1899–1973), Norwegian...

aviator and explorer Bernt Balchen cast doubt on Byrd's statement on the basis of his knowledge of the airplane's speed. Balchen said that Bennett had...

Fokker C-2 trimotor monoplane that was flown in 1927 by Richard E. Byrd, Bernt Balchen, George Otto Noville, and Bert Acosta on their transatlantic flight...

planned. He and his crew, Acosta, Noville and, as a late addition, Bernt Balchen (who actually did most of the flying) set off in America for Paris on...

Fridtjof Nansen. Named by the Southern Party of the NZGSAE (1961-62) for Bernt Balchen, pilot with Roald Amundsen on Arctic flights, and with R. Admiral Richard...

technical advisor for the flight was the Norwegian-American aviator Bernt Balchen, who helped prepare her aircraft and played the role of "decoy" for...

more bodies failed. A second party sent two days later, coordinated by Bernt Balchen and led by Boye Schlytter and Henning Tønsberg, succeeded in recovering...

ideal for an airport. USAAF Colonel Bernt Balchen, who built Sondrestrom Air Base, knew Rasmussen and his idea. Balchen led a flight of two Consolidated...

Josephine Ford on a goodwill tour of America, with Bernt Balchen as his co-pilot. Later in his life Balchen claimed that Bennett confessed to him that he and...

Balchen may refer to: Bernt Balchen (1899–1973), a pioneer polar aviator, navigator, aircraft mechanical engineer and military leader Fredrik Glad Balchen...

construction of Thule Air Base, Norwegian-born United States Air Force Colonel Bernt Balchen (who was the driving force in the American Arctic efforts) proposed...

Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, with the assistance of his first pilot Bernt Balchen, became the first person to fly over the South Pole on 29 November 1929...

and William Q. Sumner via the east ridge. The mountain is named for Bernt Balchen (1899–1973), United States Air Force, Arctic explorer and aviator. The...

the site to enroll in the Royal Norwegian Air Forces (RNAF). In 1939, Bernt Balchen, a Norwegian aviator enlisted with the Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service...

dated 1940-1945 surrounded by a wreath of oak leaves. Rolf Andvord Bernt Balchen Arne Berge Winston Churchill Alma Dahlerup Nils-Eric Ekblad Haakon VII...

Discovered on December 5, 1929, by the ByrdAE and named by Byrd for Bernt Balchen, chief pilot of the expedition. 76°30′S 143°59′W / 76.500°S 143.983°W...

South Pole and back to the seacoast. The chief pilot of this flight was Bernt Balchen, a native of Norway, and the navigator and chief organizer of this expedition...

participated with the Battle for Greenland, commanded by Colonel Bernt Balchen. Balchen, together with Corey Ford and La Farge, wrote War Below Zero: The...

prophet Brigadier General Chuck Yeager – Legendary test pilot Colonel Bernt Balchen, USAF – Legendary Norwegian-American pilot and arctic explorer. Captain...

Richard E. Byrd 1940 - Sir Hubert Wilkins 1950 - Isaiah Bowman 1951 - Bernt Balchen 1953 - James Chapin 1953 - Donald B. MacMillan 1954 - Lord John Hunt...

co-pilot's seat with supplemental radio duties, he flew with Byrd, pilot Bernt Balchen, and photographer Ashley McKinley over the South Pole on November 29...

Sir Hubert Wilkins was the advisor and Norwegian-American explorer Bernt Balchen served as the first pilot. The expedition reached the Bay of Whales...

registered as LN-DAB on 1 June 1935 and named Ternen. Riiser-Larsen and Bernt Balchen were hired to manage the company, while marketing and sales were done...

for folkemusikk). The fiddlers that came to learn from him included Bernt Balchen Jr., Trygve Bolstad, and Harald Røine. He had a personal style of playing...

France with Commander Richard E. Byrd, Lieutenant George O. Noville and Bernt Balchen aboard the America. A short film of Acosta, Byrd, George Noville, and...

ideal for an airport. USAAF Colonel Bernt Balchen, who built Sondrestrom Air Base, knew Rasmussen and his idea. Balchen led a flight of two Consolidated...

1978) 1897 – Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena, Spanish writer (d. 1975) 1899 – Bernt Balchen, Norwegian aviator (d. 1973) 1900 – Douglas Jardine, Indian-English...

Astronautics presented "A Salute to Kelly Johnson" night. 1980 Awarded the Bernt Balchen Trophy, the highest award of the New York State Air Force Association...

Brigadier General Paul Tibbets, USAF: pilot of the Enola Gay. Colonel Bernt Balchen, USAF: pilot of the first plane to fly over the South Pole. Colonel...