Bennett, Floyd (1890-1928), was an American pilot and mechanic. He piloted the airplane that he and American explorer Richard E. Byrd said they flew to the North Pole, on May 9, 1926. But some scholars doubt that Bennett and Byrd actually reached the pole. Bennett also flew with Byrd on the Donald MacMillan Greenland expedition in 1925. The plane Byrd used on his first trip to the South Pole, in 1929, was named for Bennett.
Bennett was born on Oct. 25, 1890, near Warrensburg, New York. He died on April 25, 1928.
