Object Details
- Pilot
- Bernt Balchen
- Manufacturer
- E. B. Meyrowitz
- Physical Description
- Metal frames with unusual amber non-glare lenses and rubber pads.
- Summary
- These flight goggles were used by Bernt Balchen in 1933 when he served as the pilot for Lincoln Ellsworth's first attempt at a transantarctic flight. The venture failed, however because their aircraft, the Northrop Gamma Polar Star, was damaged when the ice floe on which it was resting boke apart.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Bernt Balchen
- 1933
- Inventory Number
- A19840378000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Helmets & Headwear
- Materials
- Metal frames with rubber pads and glass lenses.
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 17.8 × 2.5 × 7cm (7 × 1 × 2 3/4 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
- Exhibition
- Thomas W. Haas We All Fly
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19840378000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9cdf4889d-84a2-45cb-9bca-e629a41fd216
