The airship Parseval in the airship hangar in Berlin, 1906

The non-rigid blimp of the type Parseval is fixed by soldiers in the airship hangar in Berlin-Tegel with burdened tethers. Unlike the Zeppelin type in which a rigid framework ensured the external shape stability, in this Parseval the airship shell was ensured by the overpressure of the buoyant gas. After the first successful ascent on 26/05/1906 August Franz Max von Parseval built in Bitterfeld a total of 23 rigid airships

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Airships Ascent Bitterfeld Blimp Buoyant Burdened Ensured Fixed Framework Hangar Overpressure Parseval Rigid Stability Tegel Tethers Unlike

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