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    Bernt Balchen (23 October 1899 – 17 October 1973) was a Norwegian pioneer polar aviator, navigator, aircraft mechanical engineer and military leader....
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  • people with the name include: Bernt Albert (born 1944), Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party Bernt Balchen, D.F.C. (1899–1973), Norwegian...
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    Bennett and Norwegian pilot Bernt Balchen. Bennett served as his pilot in his flight to the North Pole the next year. Balchen, whose knowledge of Arctic...
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    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...
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    technical advisor for the flight was famed Norwegian American aviator Bernt Balchen, who helped prepare her aircraft. He also played the role of "decoy"...
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    Herbert Range (redirect from Mount Balchen)
    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • Balchen may refer to: Bernt Balchen (1899–1973), a pioneer polar aviator, navigator, aircraft mechanical engineer and military leader Fredrik Glad Balchen...
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    failed. A second party was sent out two days later, coordinated by Bernt Balchen and led by Boye Schlytter and Henning Tønsberg, saw the successful recovery...
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