Umberto Nobile

Umberto Nobile
Umberto Nobile c. 1923
Member of the Italian Constituent Assembly
In office
25 June 1946 – 31 January 1948
Parliamentary groupCommunist
ConstituencyLazio
Personal details
Born(1885-01-21)21 January 1885
Lauro, Italy
Died30 July 1978(1978-07-30) (aged 93)
Rome, Italy
Resting placeCimitero Flaminio, Rome
Political partyIndependent
Spouses
  • Carlotta Ferraiolo
    (m. 1916; died 1934)
  • Gertrude Stolp
    (m. 1959)
ChildrenMaria
Alma materUniversity of Naples Federico II
OccupationAviator, university professor
Known forPolar expeditions of Norge and Italia
CommitteesCommittee for the Constitution
Awards
Military service
AllegianceItaly
Branch/serviceRoyal Italian Air Force
Years of service1911-1929[a]
RankGenerale di divisione area

Umberto Nobile (Italian pronunciation: [umˈbɛrto ˈnɔːbile]; 21 January 1885 – 30 July 1978) was an Italian aviator, aeronautical engineer and Arctic explorer.

Nobile was a developer and promoter of semi-rigid airships in the years between the two World Wars. He is primarily remembered for designing and piloting the airship Norge, which may have been the first aircraft to reach the North Pole, and which was indisputably the first to fly across the polar ice cap from Europe to America. Nobile also designed and flew the Italia, a second polar airship; this second expedition ended in a deadly crash and provoked an international rescue effort.

  1. ^ "Congressional Gold Medal Recipients". United States House of Representatives. Retrieved 25 October 2022. Roald Amundsen, the distinguished Norwegian explorer, and Umberto Nobile, the distinguished Italian explorer, were recognized for their participation in the transpolar flight of 1926.


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