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70 photos and 2 illustrations tagged balchen, from 2 members of Flickr Commons.

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• berntbalchen
• aviator
• aviation
• explorer
• polarexplorer
• aeronautics
• sdasm
• sandiegoairandspacemuseum
• flight
• aviators
• aircraft
• airplane
• byrd
• fokker
• arcticexplorer
• richardbyrd
• clarencechamberlin
• chamberlin
• byrdandbalchen
• newyorkcity
• aviatrix
• lindbergh
• ameliaearhart
• earhart

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• SDASM Archives 71 photos & illustrations
• Provincial Archives of Alberta 1 photo / illustration

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COL.BERNT BALCHEN, USAAF

from SDASM Archives

• SDASM Archives said:

  Inscription reads, " To my old friend Charlie Babb with my sincere wishes and regards from Bernt Balchen." 10/10/1949. Balchen was the first pilot to fly over the south pole with Admiral Byrd in 1929.

BENNY BALABEAU

from SDASM Archives

• SDASM Archives said:

  Inscription reads, " To my old friend Charlie Babb. Remembering ourfirst flight together in the "Josephine Ford" from Los Angeles to San Diego in 1926. From your friend Benny Balabeau."

• TVL1970 said:

  SDASM Archives Interesting that the photo is signed "Benny Balabeau." Obviously a joke by the man in the photo - Bernt Balchen, who flew the "Josephine Ford" - among numerous other achievements. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernt_Balchen

AL-15 Frank Courtney Album Photo_000335

from SDASM Archives

• John Sanders said:

  Nice photo!