LE BALLON DIRIGEABLE " LA VILLE de PARIS " (* ) - complete c - Lot 755

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LE BALLON DIRIGEABLE " LA VILLE de PARIS " (* ) - complete c - Lot 755
LE BALLON DIRIGEABLE " LA VILLE de PARIS " (* ) - complete collection of ten 1908 postcards, bromides photo art, ND edition, ten captioned close-ups: in the hangar, adjusting the suspension / out of the hangar, tailplane / close-up of the stabilizer tailplane coming out of the hangar / reinforced girder forming the nacelle, rudder at the rear, passenger seating / view of the 2 double rudders / hinged propeller at the front / in the air departure trials (4 different shots). ( * ) VILLE de PARIS, built by Edouard SURCOUF in 1906 for Henry DEUTCH de la MEURTHE. The aircraft was supplied to the Army by its owner to replace LA PATRIE, destroyed by the storm. It was used by the Army until LA REPUBLIQUE, currently under construction, became operational. 4-cylinder 70 cw engine, length 62 meters, diameter 10.5 m, volume 3200 cubic meters, two-bladed VOISIN propeller 6 meters in diameter.
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