Count Von Zeppelin's Airship - The Largest and fastest thus far Constructed - Coming out of Its shed Performing Various Evoluti…
European Aeroplanes and Airships: 'Count Von Zeppelin's Airship - The Largest and fastest thus far Constructed - Coming out of Its shed Performing Various Evolutions above lake Constance. This Airship, which is 38 feet in diameter by 410 feet in length and which has a capacity of 367,120 cubic feet, held itself stationary against a 33½ -mile-an-hour wind on January 17 last, by means of two 35 Gasoline motors driving four propellers. The Airship can lift three tons additional to its own weight, which gives it a radius of 3,000 miles at 31 miles an hour. The latest French Airship, "La Patrie," is 33 feet in diameter by 196 feet long and has a capacity of 11,195 cubic feet. Driven by a 70 motor and two propellers, this dirigible has recently made about 30 miles an hour. Its lifting capacity is 2,777 pounds' (1906). Artist/photographer: Unsigned . Provenance: "Scientific American". Type: Antique halftone photographic print.
Size: 8412px × 1642px
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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