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Umberto Nobile ( Italian pronunciation: [umˈbɛrto ˈnɔːbile]; 21 January 1885 – 30 July 1978) was an Italian aviator, aeronautical engineer and Arctic explorer. Nobile was a developer and promoter of semi-rigid airships in the years between the two World Wars.
Umberto Nobile (Lauro, 21 gennaio 1885 – Roma, 30 luglio 1978) è stato un generale, esploratore e ingegnere italiano. Fu docente di costruzioni aeronautiche dell' Università degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II" per oltre trent'anni, nonché direttore dello Stabilimento militare di costruzioni aeronautiche a Roma dal 1919 al 1928 e generale ...
Umberto Nobile was an Italian aeronautical engineer and pioneer in Arctic aviation who in 1926, with the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth of the United States flew over the North Pole in the dirigible Norge, from Spitsbergen (now Svalbard), north of Norway, to Alaska.
Jan 21, 2019 · On January 21, 1885, Italian aeronautical engineer and Arctic explorer Umberto Nobile was born. He was a developer and promoter of semi-rigid airships during the Golden Age of Aviation . Nobile is primarily remembered for designing and piloting the airship Norge , which may have been the first aircraft to reach the North Pole .
On May 25 1928, Airship Italia, commanded by Umberto Nobile, one of the founding fathers of Arctic exploration, crashed on the way back from the North Pole, about 120 km northeast of Nordaustlandet, Svalbard (81°14 N 28°14 E).
The Italian explorer and airship designer Umberto Nobile (1885-1978) was a pioneer in Arctic aviation. His dirigible flight over the North Pole encouraged greater use of aircraft in the Arctic. Umberto Nobile was born in Lauro, Italy, near Naples on Jan. 21, 1885.
In the 1920s, Umberto Nobile was one of Italy’s foremost experts in the construction, design and navigation of airships. After meeting Roald Amundsen in 1924, Nobile visited him at Uranienborg the following year to discuss the possibility of using his airship on a future voyage across the Arctic Ocean.
Dec 7, 2022 · But an Italian aeronautical engineer, pilot and explorer stands on equal footing – Umberto Nobile. Nobile’s claim to polar fame was established when he and Roald Amundsen in May 1926 became the first to fly to the North Pole – at that time still an unreached goal for aviators.
Umberto Nobile ( Italian pronunciation: [ umˈbɛrto ˈnɔːbile]; 21 January 1885 – 30 July 1978) was an Italian aviator, aeronautical engineer and Arctic explorer.
Jul 31, 1978 · A pioneer in the development of dirigibles and a polar explorer, Umberto Nobile spent the last half of his life attempting to revive the reputation he built in the 1920's and tarnished...
