94 years have passed since that distant 25th of May 1928, when the airship Italia, one of the greatest successes of Italian technology and exploration, crashed on the ice.
The North Pole Expedition of Umberto Nobile and the Airship Italia
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History
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& Legacy of Airships
The lightness of the journey
In the 20s, the flight of large airships was elitist and inaccessible to most. It seemed to be the flying transposition of the luxury style of the transatlantic liners of the past.
Which was the world’s first airline?
Discover the history of the the world’s first airline. On November16 1909, DELAG was established. Its first flight was with the airship LZ6.
The N-1 Norge, the first aircraft to fly over the North Pole
Discover the story behind the N-1 Norge, the first aircraft to fly over the North Pole in 1926
