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1、會計學(xué)1Richard E ByrdPPT學(xué)習(xí)學(xué)習(xí)(xux)課件課件第一頁，共17頁。第1頁/共16頁第二頁，共17頁。Medal of Honor第2頁/共16頁第三頁，共17頁。Richard Evelyn IIIEvelyn Bolling Byrd Clarke Catherine Agnes Byrd Breyer Helen Byrd Stabler Byrd and his familyin Boston第3頁/共16頁第四頁，共17頁。Engraving of VMI ca. 1863第4頁/共16頁第五頁，共17頁。United States Naval Academy in

2、 Annapolis MD第5頁/共16頁第六頁，共17頁。1926 North Pole flight, and controversyOn May 9, 1926, Byrd and pilot Floyd Bennett attempted a flight over the North Pole in a Fokker F-VII Tri-motor monoplane named Josephine Ford, after the daughter of Ford Motor Company president Edsel Ford, who helped finance the e

3、xpedition. 第6頁/共16頁第七頁，共17頁。The Fokker F.VII of Byrd and Bennett in flight.第7頁/共16頁第八頁，共17頁。Trans-Atlantic flight, 1927In 1927 Byrd announced he had the backing of the American Trans-Oceanic Company, Inc., which was established in 1914 by Rodman Wanamaker with the purpose of building the aircraft to

4、 complete the journey第8頁/共16頁第九頁，共17頁。Lt. Com. Byrd and aircraft第9頁/共16頁第十頁，共17頁。First Antarctic expedition, 19281930In 1928, Byrd began his first expedition to the Antarctic involving two ships, and three airplanes: Byrds Flagship was The City of New York ;a Ford Trimotor called the Floyd Bennett ;

5、a Fairchild FC-2W2, NX8006, built 1928, named Stars And Stripes and a Fokker Universal monoplane called the Virginia.第10頁/共16頁第十一頁，共17頁。Byrds expedition第11頁/共16頁第十二頁，共17頁。Second Antarctic ExpeditionOn his second expedition, in 1934, Byrd spent five winter months alone operating a meteorological stat

6、ion, Advance Base, from which he narrowly escaped with his life after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning from a poorly ventilated stove.第12頁/共16頁第十三頁，共17頁。DeathByrd died in his sleep on March 11, 1957 of a heart ailment at his Brimmer Street home in the Beacon Hill neighborhood in Boston. He was bu

7、ried in Arlington National Cemetery. HonorsBy the time he died, he had amassed twenty-two citations and special commendations, nine of which were for bravery and two for extraordinary heroism in saving the lives of others.第13頁/共16頁第十四頁，共17頁。Byrd Memorial on Mount Victoria, Wellington, New Zealand第14頁/共16頁第十五