Ground crew disassembling the Parseval airship, 1908

The ground crew of the non-rigid airship of the type Parseval when folding up the balloon envelope and removing the steering wheel. 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

Restrictions Only for Canada and Curacao and United Kingdom and United States Of America

Airships Ascent Bitterfeld Buoyant Ensured Envelope Folding Framework Overpressure Parseval Removing Rigid Stability Steering Unlike

Features In These Collections

> Contributors > SDZ