Germany. Aerostation flight test with an aluminum airship

Germany. Aerostation flight test with an aluminum airship, held at Tempelhof, near Berlin, on November 3, 1897. David Schwarz (1850-1897) designed and built it. The airship was 134 feet long and 46 feet high. The test did not give the expected results, although the ship reached an altitude of 400 meters, it crashed. Engraving by Matute. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1898

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