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1925 Fokker F. VII Tri-Motor Airplane, "Josephine Ford," Flown Over the North Pole by Richard Byrd

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1925 Fokker F. VII Tri-Motor Airplane, "Josephine Ford," Flown Over the North Pole by Richard Byrd

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1925 Fokker F. VII Tri-Motor Airplane, "Josephine Ford," Flown Over the North Pole by Richard Byrd

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1925 Fokker F. VII Tri-Motor Airplane, "Josephine Ford," Flown Over the North Pole by Richard Byrd

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1925 Fokker F. VII Tri-Motor Airplane, "Josephine Ford," Flown Over the North Pole by Richard Byrd

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1925 Fokker F. VII Tri-Motor Airplane, "Josephine Ford," Flown Over the North Pole by Richard Byrd

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1925 Fokker F. VII Tri-Motor Airplane, "Josephine Ford," Flown Over the North Pole by Richard Byrd / cockpit

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1925 Fokker F. VII Tri-Motor Airplane, "Josephine Ford," Flown Over the North Pole by Richard Byrd / interior

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1925 Fokker F. VII Tri-Motor Airplane, "Josephine Ford," Flown Over the North Pole by Richard Byrd

Summary

Explorer Richard Byrd and pilot Floyd Bennett flew this Fokker F.VII Tri-Motor airplane toward the North Pole on May 9, 1926. Though Byrd is generally credited with reaching the pole, controversy remains. Edsel Ford financed the expedition, and Byrd acknowledged his patron by naming the plane Josephine Ford, after Ford's daughter.