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This is a complete list of Forlanini airships designed and built by the Italian pioneer Enrico Forlanini from 1900 to 1931 (posthumously). [1] These, like the German Groß-Basenach semi-rigid airships, were the first to have the gondola attached to the envelope, to reduce air resistance.
The first British airship; Spencer's Airship No. 1 in the summer of 1902. Airship development in the United Kingdom lagged behind that of Germany and France. The first British designed and built airship was constructed by Stanley Spencer, and on 22 September 1902 was flown 30 miles (48 km) from Crystal Palace, London to Ruislip, carrying an advertisement for baby food.
All ten of the "C" type airships were delivered in late 1918, and examples served at all of the Navy's airship stations from 1918 to 1922. In 1921, the C-7 was the first airship ever to be inflated with helium. [2] The Navy decommissioned its last two remaining C-type blimps, the C-7 and C-9 in 1922.
The Swiss airship department provided gas filling services, and the chief of the Swiss military general staff was among the passengers for the first flight over Swiss soil. In February 1910 was used as the " Kaiserliche Aero-Klub-Luftschiff " (Imperial air-club airship) and in Bitterfeld until its end of service
SL.5 was an army airship, based at Darmstadt. The structure was damaged during the first flight, but repaired after several months work. During its second flight the ship was forced down by bad weather at Giessen and stricken from service on 5 July 1915 First Flight: 4 February 1915; Length: 153.1 m (502 ft) Diameter: 19.75 m (65 ft)
8.5 1400 45 45 Built for French Army 5 Davis: July 31, 1910 40.8 8.5 1400 30 35 Built for Stuart Davis of The Zodiac Dirigible Airship Company, New York City. [2] 6 Zodiac II: 1910 40.8 8.5 1400 30 35 Built for Belgian Army 6a Zodiac III: 1913 42.5 8.5 1700 50 40 Built for Belgian Army : 7 Duindigt: May 1911 34.9 6.8 915 30 43 Built for Dutch ...