Another view of Belgian first dirigible 'Belgique', probably during one of the first flight tests. This first version of the Belgique (Belgique I) had two propellers (at the back and in front). The later Belgique II devlopment had one propeller in the front.
Card writers wrote their text easily on the front of the card and usually they had no intrest in the card picture. They used it only as a card.
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The specially built hangar for the dirigible 'Belgique I'. It was erected south of Brussels in the neighbourhood of d'Auderghem.
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A view of the first Belgian dirigible approrpiately named the 'Belgique'. As more models were later built, this one was retrospectively named the Belgique I. The length of the envelope was 54,80 meter holding a volume of 2800 m3 of gas. First tests were performed on 15 june 1909. First free flight on 28 June 1909.
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On 6 May 1911 the German dirigible Parseval PL 5 arrived at the Duindigt race course near The Hague. The dirigible made some flights with paying passengers the next day and soon returned via Amsterdam back to Germany. These flights in the Netherlands were a sensation as very few people had ever seen such a machine in flight. The Parseval dirigible was a design of August Parseval who built a series of designs, all identified as PL (Parseval Luftschiff] followed by a number. This PL 5 was a smaller type driven by one engine and propeller.
The impression here on a contemporary colour card is not very true in image to the real thing when compared to actual photos of the event. But it is a nice card, also giving an impression of the buildings at the beach (Scheveningen) at that time.
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No.6 of the ND Phot series of cards documentating the coming out, test, flight and return of the dirigible La ville de Paris financed by Henry Deutsch de la Meurthe and designed by lighter-than-air pioneer Edouard Surcouf.
A view of the Ville de Paris outside the hangar which can be seen at left. Very massive propeller, the parts of which are covered with cloth.
To define this exact French dirigible is complex as we have Henry Deutsch (who brought in the finances) and the designer Surcouf who was assited in the design by Kapferer. Later Kapferer became a designer in his own right and moved on from dirigibles to heavier than air aeroplanes.
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