Pioneer Flier Bert Acosta in Sanitorium here -- The Filer who piloted adm. Richard Byrd across the Atlantic in 1927 gets a cigarette from roumate and old time friend Tommy Flanagan. Acosta Expressed Surprise that someone was using his name while the late lew wentz, one time Olilman from Ponca city, Okla., seeking financial backing for an Enduarnce flight. He was discovered at the Sanitorium the other day.He Told reporters he hand's been west in the last five years. August 12, 1952. (Photo by AP