Floyd Bennett (25 October 1890 - 25 April 1928). American aviator who piloted Richard E. Byrd on his attempt to reach the North Pole in 1926. Bennett was born in Warrensburg, New York in 1890. He was an automobile mechanic before enlisting in the Navy in 1917. Bennett was warranted a Machinist and learned to fly. He served with Byrd on an aviation survey of Greenland in 1925, where Byrd came to respect Bennett's abilities as a pilot. Wikipedia
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