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On this date in 1952, the first aircraft lands on the North Pole.


May 3, 1952, Joseph Fletcher lands first aircraft on the North Pole.
A ski-modified U.S. Air Force C-47 piloted by Lieutenant Colonel Joseph O. Fletcher of Oklahoma and Lieutenant Colonel William P. Benedict of California becomes the first aircraft to land on the North Pole. A moment later, Fletcher climbed out of the plane and walked to the exact geographic North Pole, probably the first person in history to do so.

Posted: 05/03/2022 at 05:04AM


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