Airship shaped like a fish, Spain
An airship shaped like a fish, being rowed across the sky from the town of Plazentia to Coria in Spain, piloted by Dom Joseph Patinho. Seen here above the Arragon River, in a flight which is claimed to have taken place on 10 March 1784. This fish-shaped airship was designed in 1609, and some sources give 1616 as the date of the Patinho flight
Picture No
10610206
Media ID
48035169
Size
5000px x 3215px
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Credit
©The Royal Aeronautical Society (National Aerospace Library)/Mary Evans
Source
Lithograph published by J Chereau, Rue St Jacques, Paris
Date
1616
