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Nobile and the Italia at Stolp, Pomerania, in April 1928, before embarking on the polar flights. At 01:15 on 15 April 1928, Italia took off from the base at Milano and headed for the Arctic. With 20 personnel on board, and a payload of 17,000 pounds (7,700 kg) of fuel and supplies, the initial journey to Stolp in Germany took 30 hours through a ...
Italian physicist Pontremoli joined the polar expedition of General Umberto Nobile who was in command of the airship Italia. The airship crash-landed on ice, after which the airship envelope drifted away and disappeared while carrying Pontremoli, who was observed as alive and conscious, and five other people. [147] 18 June 1928 Roald Amundsen: 55
June 18, 1928: Latham 47.02: 6 Unknown North Atlantic Ocean (Barents Sea) This group was searching for survivors of the missing airship Italia. Roald Amundsen and René Guilbaud were among the missing attempted rescuers. September 6, 1928: R.1 Blackburn (N9834) 3 Unknown North Atlantic Ocean
24 May – The airship Italia reaches the North Pole, with expedition leader Umberto Nobile on board. The ship crashes on its return journey. [2] 24 June – Umberto Nobile and survivors of the crash of the airship Italia are rescued by the crew of a Swedish aeroplane. 2 August – Italy and Ethiopia sign the Italo-Ethiopian Treaty.
This time the airship used a German hangar at Stolp en route to Svalbard and the mast at Vadsø (Northern Norway). On 23 May 1928, after an outstanding 69-hour-long flight to the Siberian group of Arctic islands, the Italia commenced its flight to the North Pole with Nobile as both pilot and expedition leader. On 24 May, the ship reached the ...
The flight is intended to improve the operational skills of Regia Aeronautica aircrews and ground crewmen, showcase the Italian aviation industry to potential foreign buyers of Italian-made aircraft, and enhance the prestige of Benito Mussolini ' s Italian Fascist government.
During a late afternoon routine training mission about a mile off Miami Beach and Key Biscayne, Marine Corps 1st Lt. Richard Lee McCombs experienced “catastrophic” oil-pressure loss in the ...
U.S. Navy airship D-6, A-5972, burns in its NAS Rockaway hangar, along with airships C-10 and H-1, and the kite balloon A-P. 21 February 1922 U.S. Army airship Roma (ex-Italian T34) hits power lines in Virginia and burns out following rudder failure, killing 34 of 45 on board. 34 8 17 October 1922