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Italy: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1970. Classic detailed biography by the Italian explorer Umberto Nobile (1885-1978) who was a pioneer in Arctic aviation. Nobile was an aeronautical engineer and aeronautical science professor; designer of semi-rigid airships including the Norge and Italia. Promoted from Colonel to General in the Italian air force following the Norge north pole flight, forced to resign following the Italia disaster. Spent five years in the USSR in the 1930s developing Soviet airship program; lived in the US for several years during WW II; returned to Italy in 1944 where he remained until his death in 1978 at age 92. Not only did he make the first transpolar flight, increasing knowledge of Arctic geography, but he also demonstrated the feasibility of using aircraft in the Arctic for both exploration and transport. In this text, Nobile gives a factual authentic account of the failed flight in 1926 of the airship Norge, and the disasterous flight in 1928 of the airship Italia. Both the…
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La Tenda Rossa: Memorie Di Neve e Di Fuoco: The Red Tent: Memories of Snow and Fire Hardcover - 1970
by Nobile, Umberto
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- Title La Tenda Rossa: Memorie Di Neve e Di Fuoco: The Red Tent: Memories of Snow and Fire
- Author Nobile, Umberto
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition Third Edition
- Publisher Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, Italy
- Date 1970
- ISBN 9788804510932
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La Tenda Rossa: Memorie Di Neve e Di Fuoco: The Red Tent: Memories of Snow and Fire
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