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Latest revision as of 09:58, 7 January 2011
Built an airship for the French governemnt. The craft was 112 feet long and 48.5 feet in diameter and contained ballonets. It has two propellors and these were turned by eight men.
In 1782 it made a trial flight and reached speeds of nearly six miles per hour.
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Sources of Information
- The Airship by Christopher Sprigg. Published c1931