Umberto Nobile

Umberto Nobile
Umberto Nobile
	Umberto Nobile c. 1923
Member of the Italian Constituent Assembly
	In office; 25 June 1946 – 31 January 1948
Parliamentary group	Communist
Constituency	Lazio
Personal details
Born	21 January 1885; Lauro, Italy
Died	30 July 1978 (aged 93); Rome, Italy
Resting place	Cimitero Flaminio, Rome
Political party	Independent
Spouses	Carlotta Ferraiolo (m. 1916; died 1934); Gertrude Stolp (m. 1959);
Children	Maria
Alma mater	University of Naples Federico II
Occupation	Aviator, university professor
Known for	Polar expeditions of Norge and Italia
Committees	Committee for the Constitution
Awards	Order of Merit of the Italian Republic; Military Order of Italy; Order of the Golden Kite (Japan); Order of Saint Olav (Norway); Congressional Gold Medal (U.S.);
Military service
Allegiance	Italy
Branch/service	Royal Italian Air Force
Years of service	1911-1929
Rank	Generale 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.

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