First Anniversary of the Crossing of the Alps- 1911

 

1-ANNIVERSARIO DELLA TRAVERSATA AEREA DELLE ALPI 23 SETTEMBRE 1910-1911 FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE AERIAL TRAVERSE OF THE ALPS SEPTEMBER 23, 1910-1911 Collection of Giovanni Giorgetti, 3-29-05

 

GLI AVIATORI ALLE GARE DI MILANO SETTEMBRE 1910 THE AVIATORS IN THE MILANO CONTEST SEPTEMBER 1910 Collection of Giovanni Giorgetti, 3-29-05

 

Raid aereo Briga - Milano (Settembre 1910) Air race - Briga to Milano (September 1910) ColIection of Giovanni Giorgetti. 3-29-05      This photomontage shows several aeroplanes flying over the Sempione Hostel. The following extract is taken from the website at Ospizio Sempione which is written in Italian. I have tried to translate the description into English with the help of the BabelFish machine translation program.      "The facility is open all the year, situated on the Hill of the Sempione, to 2.000 meters of altitude. The Hostel can receive until 130 persons, in dormitories from 8 places or rooms from 4 to 6 place-beds.They are hosts of the house single persons, groups of young people or groups, families that try a place of rest, encounter and spiritual withdrawal. They come organizes various associative activities, live-school, weeks to you of ski touring and of climb... etc. This pIace is adapted in order to pass spiritual vacations in mountain.      It can be spent the night for one or more nights in bed and board or bed, breakfast & dinner (is not possible the self-management), and also to use the church and to have use of the halls (with video, give-floodlights and overhead projector) for encounter and recreations.      It is an optimal point of departure for excursion and alpine trips in the zones of Monte-Leone and the Fletschorn.      The house is opened all the year.".

 

Raid aereo Briga - Milano (Settembre 1910) Passaggio a Domodossola Air race - Briga to Milano (September 1910) Passage over Domodossola Collection of Giovanni Giorgetti, 3-29-05

 

CARTOLINA COMMEMORATIVA DEL VALICO DEL SEMPIONE INDETTO DAL COMITATO DEL CIRCUITO =AEREO INTERNAZIONALE DI MILANO= COMMEMORATIVE POSTCARD OF THE MOUNTAIN PASS OF SEMPIONE ORGANIZED FROM THE COMMITTEE OF THE COURSE AERIAL INTERNATIONAL OF MILANO Collection of Giovanni Giorgetti, 3-19-05

 

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