NOBILE (Umberto, 1885-1978, Italian Soldier, Aviator & Explorer, Adjutant in the 'Avellino Brigade')

Commemorative coloured Postcard from the FAGA series, No. 68, signed by Nobile on the front, the postcard is commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Norge Airship Transpolar Flight, it is illustrated with images of the 3 explorers and the Norge as well as a map of their voyage, 8½" x 6½", no place, issued

The Norge was a semi-rigid Italian-built airship that carried out the first verified trip of any kind to the North Pole, an overflight on 12th May 1926. It was also the first aircraft to fly over the polar ice cap between Europe and America. The expedition was the brainchild of polar explorer and expedition leader Roald Amundsen, the airship's designer and pilot Umberto Nobile and American adventurer and explorer Lincoln Ellsworth who, along with the Aero Club of Norway, financed the trip, which was known as the Amundsen-Ellsworth 1926 Transpolar Flight.

Item Date:  1976

Stock No:  41408      £175

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