95 years ago – May 11, at 08:50 (Greenwich Mean Time)
On May 11 at 8.50 am Greenwich Mean Time, the NORGE takes off with the two side engines running, at idle. About thirty meters from …
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95 years ago – May 8th
At King’s Bay, in the following days, the definitive crew of the NORGE is formed: the group of people preparing to fly over the North …
95 years ago – May 7th, at 6:40 (local time)
The engineers tidy up the second engine that failed. The airship can again count on the thrust of a second propeller. Nobile starts exchanging radiotelegraphic …
95 years ago – May 7th, at 02:20 (local time)
Around two o’clock, on the right, the peaks of the Svalbard mountains begin to be seen and Nobile is awakened by one of the technicians. …
95 years ago – May 7th, at 01:00 (local time)
At about one o’clock, a second engine unexpectedly stops due to the breakage of a mechanical component. The weather conditions are good enough to be …
95 years ago – May 6th, at 21:15 (local time)
Around 9.15 pm, in full daylight, the first iceberg can be seen on the sea under the airship; around 11.00 pm, at the Bear Island, …
95 years ago – May 6, at 15:00 (local time)
Shortly before 3:00 pm, the maneuver to uncouple from the mast begins and at 3:00 the airship moves along the coast, up to Vardö. It …
95 years ago – May 6, at 06:50 (Moscow time)
At 6.50 am the mooring maneuver is completed; the airship is refueled and around 9.30 (local time) Nobile gets off the mast to greet the …
95 years ago – May 6, at 05:30 (Moscow time)
The NORGE continues smoothly to Vadsø, where it arrives at 5.30 am on May 6. The mast had been planted on a small island just …
95 years ago – May 6, at 04:30 (Moscow time)
Around 4:30 in the morning the left engine starts to run erratically and at 4.40 am it stops. The engine on the right, which had …