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Italia was an N-class semi-rigid airship, designation N-4.It was almost identical in design to the N-1 Norge but was slightly larger in gas capacity.. First flight: 1928 [1] ...
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 ...
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.
The film is based on the story of the 1928 mission to rescue Umberto Nobile and the other survivors of the crash of the airship Italia. It features Sean Connery as Roald Amundsen and Peter Finch as Nobile. The script was adapted by Yuri Nagibin and Mikhail Kalatozov from Nagibin's novel of the same title.
N 4 Italia Flew to Svalbard for Arctic expedition 1928, crashed after third polar flight on return from North Pole; N 5 was a project for a 55,000 cubic metre keel airship, many times interrupted, eventually abandoned 1928; Nobile-designed airships of the Russian airship program, such as the Soviet SSSR-V6 OSOAVIAKhIM (1934–1938)
The airship Italia, crewed by sixteen men led by Umberto Nobile, departed from Svalbard in a bid to fly over the North Pole just as the Norge had done in 1926. [35] The crew hoped this time to actually land at the North Pole. [36] A bomb exploded at the Italian consulate in Buenos Aires, killing 8 and injuring 37.
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
The Dirigibile Italia Arctic station (in Italian: Base artica Dirigibile Italia) is an Italian research station in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, Norway.. Managed by the National Research Council of Italy (CNR), it was inaugurated in May 1997, [1] in memory of the airship Italia expedition of Umberto Nobile (1928).