First Polar Route Flight of the Airship Norge

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Commemorative postcard for the first polar route flight of the airship Norge, from Rome to Teller (Nome), Alaska in 1926. The postcard features a portrait of Colonel Umberto Nobile, commander, designer, and builder of the airship, along with specifications of the Norge (N-1) airship. The route of the flight is illustrated on a map, along with details of the rescue operations. The postcard also commemorates the first air service over the North Pole by Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) in 1957, linking Europe with the Far East via Anchorage.

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FIRST POLAR ROUTE FLIGHT DIONEL UMBERTO NOBILE (1885-1978) COMMANDER,DESIGNER and BUILDER of the AIRSHIP NORGE N-1" AFTER FLYING FROM ROME to SPITZBERGEN-A RECORD FLIGHT-the NORGE DEPARTED 11-MAY-1926 for the NORTH POLE. THE AIM of the EXPEDITION was to OBSERVE THE UNEXPLORED ZONE BETWEEN THE POLE and ALASKA.JHE FLIGHT of 5,300 Km from SPITZBERGEN to JELLER. ALASKA, in 70 hours ENDED 88 Km SHORT of the INTENDED DESTINATION of NOME. 1872 1928 ROALD AMUNDSEN AMUNDSEN-ELLSWORTH-NOBILE TRANS-POLAR FLIGHT LANDING of NORGE at the ESKIMO settlement of TELLER 13-MAY-1926. ROUTE FROM ROME TO NOME O ON FEBRUARY 24-1957 SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES INAUGURATED PACIFIC OCEAN CANCHORACE ALASKA STELLER 1.ELLSWORTH 1880 1951 7:30 AM SYSTEM THE WORLD'S FIRST AIR SERVICE OVER THE NORTH POLE LINKING EUROPE with the FAR EAST via ANCHORAGE, ALASKA DC-7C "GUTTORM VIKING" 1ST PASSENGERS SAS FLIGHT ROUTE COPENHAGEN ANCHORAGE GREENLAND NORTH POLE NOME GREENLAND BAY KING'S SPITZBERGEN NORTH OSLO PULHAM MILAN POLE KING'S BAY SPITZBERGEN VADSO NORGE N-1' CAPACITY 18,500 m³ LENGTH 106m ENGINES: MAYBACH 250 HP MOTORS SPEE 15 km/h. ITALIA ARCTIC OCEAN POLAR ITALIA EXPEDITION 1928 THE AIRSHIP LEFT MILAN ON 15 APRIL-1928, AND FLEW Vja STOLP and ADSO to KING'S BAY, SPITZBERGEN ON 23 MAY the ITALIA LEFT KING'S BAY for the NORTH 23 POLE and to SURVEY THE MAY UNEXPLORED AREAS.THE POLE WAS REACHED on 24 MAY and in a STORM ON 1928 DEPARTURE FROM KINGS BAY 25 MAY 1928 the AIRSHIP CRASHED 290 Km N.E OF LENINGRAD KING'S BAY. GENERAL NOBILE AND 8 SURVIVORS SPENT 2 MONTHS on the STOLP PACK-ICE. THE RESCUE OPERATIONS INVOLVED 1500 MEN, 22 AEROPLANES and 21CEBREAKERS. ROALD AMUNDSEN PERISHED COPENHAGEN WITH THE SEAPLANE LATHAM 47" and its FRENCH CREW ROME WHILE IN SEARCH OF THE SHIPWRECKED OF THE "ITALIA OVER THE ARCTIC OCEAN NOTRACE HAS EVER BEEN FOUND LATHAM 47

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