95 years ago – May 5, at 10:34 (local time)
The airship heads towards Leningrad. Passing the harbor, the crew hears the sirens of the steamers greeting the airship leaving for the Pole. The Norge, …
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95 years ago – May 5, at 09:00 (local time)
After more than two weeks stationary in the hangar, on May 5 the NORGE, at 9.00, takes off from Gatchchina to the cheers of the …
95 years ago – April 16, at 10:00 (local time)
Airship Norge is stationary in the Hangar of Gatchchina, a town located in the Leningrad Oblast. Gattschina is a large and sturdy airship hangar, where …
95 years ago – April 15, at 20:50 (local time)
At about 8:00 pm on April 15th the airship Norge arrives over the Soviet field of Gattschina, near Leningrad, and makes a tour as usual …
95 years ago – April 15, at 01:08 (local time)
After this technical stop, at 1.08 local time on April 15, the Norge airship releases from the mast and flies over the sleeping city, heading …
95 years ago – April 14, at 12:30 (local time)
At 12.30 (local time), the NORGE arrives near Oslo, the capital of its registration country. The welcome is triumphal right from the approach: planes take …
95 years ago – April 13, at 22:05 (local time)
Filled with hydrogen and fuel, the Norge is ready to continue its journey. On April 13, Nobile is reassured, after a meeting with the meteorologists, …
95 years ago – April 11, at 14:20 (local time)
At 2:20 pm (local time) on April 11, the Norge airship appears in the sky over the airship base at Pulham St. Mary, in the …
95 years ago – April 11, at 10:45 (local time)
In the late morning of April 11th, maintaining an average speed of 52 km/h, in windy weather conditions, the airship Norge is in the skies …
95 years ago – April 10, at 14:05
Passed Corse Island on its left, the Norge proceeds heading north-west. In the early afternoon, the airship flies over the Tyrrhenian Sea and reaches France, …