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Aurora
Nobile Limited Edition | |||
Aurora pays
tribute to the Italian aviator and explorer Umberto Nobile (1885-1978). In 1928 he planned and directed the expedition of the Airship Italia, with 16 people on board, with the aim of flying over the North Pole and landing on the ice. | |||
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They did not have a safe landing, rather they crashed
into a mountainous iceberg. The ten survivors had only a radio
and a camping tent - which they dyed red with aniline hoping
to be seen by rescuers. It took 48 days for them to be found.
The record of this expedition was recorded by General Nobile
with an Aurora pen. | |||
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The barrel and end caps are machined from solid
rods of woodgrain hard rubber, a material favored in the 1920's for its durability
and beauty. Many pens from that period are still in excellent condition as hard
rubber was not subject to the same shrinkage problems that celluloid experienced.
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Aurora's imprint is cut into the side of the barrel.
Note the new "AURORA ITALIA" logo. | |||
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The cap design incorporates a tight wavy line and
diamond pattern alternating with clear panels. Note the same engraving figure
in the hard rubber as can be seen in the gold barrel and cap bands. | |||
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This is a retractable safety pen in the tradition
of many pens of the 1920's. (They were favored by stenographers
and writers who spent long hours with pen and paper. Because
they do not employ filling mechanisms, they hold more than twice
as much ink, 3.0 ml., as other pens of this size.) | |||
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An elaborate presentation box accompanies this pen. Within
the inner box a red canvas tent, complete with a tent pole,
shelters the pen. Also included are an eyedropper for filling,
a bottle of Aurora ink as well as the complete paper work
describing the remarkable feat of this early air explorer,
Umberto Nobile. Our Price: $1,280.00 | |||
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