He set polar flight records; organized a series of daring wartime air operations; and became a leader in Arctic aviation. But despite these achievements; Norwegian-American aviator Bernt Balchen saw his public image and military career repeatedly undermined by his one-time mentor; the famous and influential Admiral Richard Byrd.In this new biography; Carroll Glines describes how Byrd's respect for Balchen's talents gradually eroded even as Balchen steadily gained a wider reputation for courage and technical skill. Glines contends that Byrd derailed Balchen's postwar promotion to brigadier general; forcing his retirement from the military in 1956. He also documents how Balchen's publisher bowed to pressure from Byrd's supporters to remove material from a 1958 autobiography. Balchen had argued that Byrd's claims to have been the first to fly across the North Pole in 1926 could not be supported by speed and distance calculations.
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