Object Details
- Pilot
- Bernt Balchen
- Physical Description
- Brown, cloth lined leather with strap and buckle.
- Summary
- This flight cap was 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 broke apart.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Bernt Balchen
- c. 1933
- Inventory Number
- A19840377000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Helmets & Headwear
- Materials
- Leather with cloth lining and metal buckle
- Dimensions
- 3-D (Laying on side, mostly flat with padded insert): 25.4 × 10.2 × 36.2cm (10 in. × 4 in. × 1 ft. 2 1/4 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_A19840377000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9764e23e7-eb2a-47b0-a1ed-30cfc557c906
