ORIGINAL UMBERTO NOBILE INVITE for 50th ANNIVERSARY OF HIS POLAR TRIP 1926-1976

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ORIGINAL ** UMBERTO NOBILE INVITATION for the 50th ANNIVERSARY OF HIS POLAR TRIP 1926 -1976 (c1976)
ORIGINAL INVITATION for the 50th ANNIVERSARY OF ** UMBERTO NOBILE POLAR TRIP 1926 by THE TOWN OF HIS BIRTH AND NOW THE PLACE OF A MUSEUM IN HIS HONOR. THE ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION WAS HELD A STREET AWAY FROM THE MUSEUM THAT OPENED IN 1988 AFTER HIS PASSING AT THE (CASTLE) CASTELLO LANCELLOTTI IN ITALY, COMPANIA, IN THE PROVENCE OF AVELLINO IN THE TOWN OF LAURO.
THIS INVITATION SET WAS SENT TO AN AMERICAN ADMIRER  BY ** UMBERTO NOBILE WHO WAS ATTENDING IN 1976.
CONDITIONS ARE VERY GOOD THROUGHOUT.
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INVITE CARD
PRINTED ON A CREAM WHITE HEAVY DUPLEX, EMBOSSED FINISHED CARD STOCK WITH DECKLED EDGES.
DIMENSIONS: 5 15/16" x 7 13/16"
OBVERSE (roughly translated):
50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE POLAR TRIP
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(These words below
are from a plaque in
LAURO, SEPTEMBER 26 1926)
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MUNICIPALITY OF LAURO (AVELLINO)
TO UMBERTO NOBILE WHO FLIES IN THE POLAR SKY
FROM ONE TO THE OTHER HEMISPHERE
THE AIRCRAFT *
NORGE
CREATED AND GUIDED BY HIM
THE MUNICIPALITY OF LAURO THIS NATION BIRTH
ITALY THE VIRTUES OF THE NATIONAL GENIUS
BOLD INTELLECT FAITH SECURE FAITH INTREPID HEART
THE WORLD GLORY
XXVI IX MCMXXVI
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1926-1976
REVERSE (translated):
(PICTURE OF THE CASTLE LANCELLOTTI)
LAURO - CASTELLO LANCELLOTTI
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> INVITATION
"PROGRAM of CELEBRATIONS" SHEET
PRINTED ON A BUFF COLORED UNCOATED TEXT PAPER.
DIMENSIONS: 5 7/16" x 7 7/16"
(please see pictures).
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Norge
was a semi-rigid Italian-built airship that carried out the first verified trip of any kind to the North Pole, an overflight on 12 May 1926.
It was also the first aircraft to fly over the polar ice cap between Europe and America.
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Umberto Nobile
(b.1885 – d.1978) was an Italian aviator, aeronautical engineer and Arctic explorer. Nobile was a developer and promoter between the two World Wars. He is primarily remembered for designing and piloting the airship
Norge
, which was the first aircraft to fly over 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 secon second expedition ended in a deadly crash and provoked an international rescue effort.