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The 1884 La France, the first fully controllable airship. The 1884 Krebs & Renard first fully controllable free-flights with the LA FRANCE electric dirigible near Paris (Krebs arch.) Artist's depiction of La France. The La France was a French Army non-rigid airship launched by Charles Renard and Arthur Constantin Krebs on August 9, 1884.
Charles Renard La France 1884, the first fully controllable airship or dirigible Artist's depiction of La France Bearer share certificate. Société Francaise des Trains Renard SA, issued 29 January 1907. Charles Renard (1847–1905) born in Damblain, Vosges, was a French military engineer.
The first fully controllable free flight was made in 1884 by Charles Renard and Arthur Constantin Krebs in the French Army airship La France. La France made the first flight of an airship that landed where it took off; the 170 ft (52 m) long, 66,000 cu ft (1,900 m 3) airship covered 8 km (5.0 mi) in 23 minutes with the aid of an 8.5 hp (6.3 kW ...
The La France airship above Hangar Y on its first flight, 1884. Hangar Y was at first used for balloons, but Renard soon started work on airships, which the building could also accommodate. This was therefore the world's first airship hangar, and one of very few that remain in Europe. [6] The first airship to be built was La France.
The Compagnie générale transaérienne (CGT: General Trans-Air Company) was a predecessor of Air France, founded in 1909. At first it operated airships in France and Switzerland, then added float planes and direct flights from Paris to London. It was the first private company to operate an airplane service.
Collaborating with Charles Renard, Krebs piloted the first fully controlled free-flight made in the French Army airship La France, which was designed in 1884. The flight [1] covered 8 km (5.0 mi) in 23 minutes. The flight landed back at its starting point. [2] On its seven flights the La France dirigible returned five times to its starting point.
Hangar Y, Chalais-Meudon near Paris, France 2002. The first real airship hangar was built as Hangar "Y" at Chalais-Meudon near Paris in 1879 where the engineers Charles Renard and Arthur Constantin Krebs constructed their first airship "La France". Hangar "Y" is one of the few remaining airship hangars in Europe.
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