Nobile, Umberto, 1885-1978
Variant names
Italians
Danish,
Italian,
English
Biographical notes:
Aviator; interviewee d. 1978.
From the description of Reminiscences of Umberto Nobile : oral history, 1960. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86131752
Nobile was an Italian aeronautical engineer who designed airships for use in Arctic exploration. He flew over the North Pole with Lincoln Ellsworth and Roald Amundsen in the Norge in 1926. In 1928 he flew over the North Pole in the Italia but crashed and had to be rescued.
From the description of Paper, 1928-1930. (Dartmouth College Library). WorldCat record id: 237352275
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Subjects:
- Aeronautics
- Air pilots
- Aviation
Occupations:
- Aeronautical Engineer
- Explorers
Places:
- Italy (as recorded)
- Arctic regions (as recorded)
- North Pole (as recorded)
