Pioneer Flier Bert Acosta In Sanitorium Here - The flier who piloted Adm. Richard Byrd across the Atlantic in 1927 gets a cigarette from roommate and old time friend Tommy Flanagan. Acosta Expressed surprise that someone was using his name while bargaining with the late Lew Wentz, one time oilman from Ponca city, Okla., Seeking financial backing for an endurance flight. He was discovered at the sanitorium the other day. He told reporters he hadn't been west in the last five years.

Associated Press · [ca. August 1952]

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