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Roald Amundsen... Airship Norge...
Roald Amundsen... Airship Norge...
Item # 553228
May 12, 1926
FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, May 12, 1926
* Airship Norge
* Roald Amundsen
* 1st official North Pole flight ?
* Same day report (early)
This 16 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "NORGE, AMUNDSEN DIRIGIBLE, FLIES OVER NORTH POLE, THEN CONTINUES TRIP TOWARD NOME" with lengthy subhead. (see)
Other news of the day throughout. Light browning with minor margin wear, otherwise in good condition.
wikipedia notes: The Norge was a semi-rigid Italian-built airship that carried out what many consider the first verified overflight of the North Pole on May 12, 1926. It was also the first aircraft to fly over the polar ice cap between Europe and America. The expedition was the brainchild of polar explorer and expedition leader Roald Amundsen, the airship's designer and pilot Umberto Nobile and American explorer Lincoln Ellsworth, who along with the Aero Club of Norway financed the trip.
Category: The 20th Century
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