Umberto Nobile (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, of which the second expedition ended in a deadly crash and provoked an international rescue effort.
For this talk, Len Bargellini will present Umberto’s early life and how he became one of the world’s foremost airship designers followed by a short history of his two famous expeditions of the Arctic.
![]() | Len Bargellini Len has 35 years of Business Program and Product Management experience, with progressively successful leadership positions in both start up and established companies. Len’s experience in computer networking, cellular, and biotech technology companies has allowed him to develop a significantly broad background and skill set for building company operations and sales. He most recently was the COO for LivWell Health, a healthcare startup focusing on delivering social engagement solutions for senior living and health plans. Len shares a home with his wife Leslie, an architect, and they have one daughter Sylvia, a UX/UI design researcher. Traveling is one of his favorite pastimes. |