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Early Airships collection courtesy Jean-Pierre Lauwers
1872 Haenlein at Brünn 1897 Wölfert ~ Deutschland 1898 Santos-Dumont № 1 1898 Santos-Dumont № 1 1899 Santos-Dumont № 2 1899 Santos-Dumont № 3 1900 Santos-Dumont № 4 1901 Santos-Dumont № 5 1901 Santos-Dumont № 5 motor 1901 Santos-Dumont № 5 gondola 1901 Santos-Dumont № 5 crashed 1901 Santos-Dumont № 5 crashed 1901 Santos-Dumont № 6 1901 Santos-Dumont № 6 at Bois de Boulogne 1901 Santos-Dumont № 6 at Bois de Boulogne 1901 Santos-Dumont № 6 at Rotchild's garden 1901 Santos-Dumont № 6 1901 Santos-Dumont № 6 at the Eiffel Tower 1901 Santos-Dumont № 6 at Monaco 1901 Santos-Dumont № 6 at Monaco 1901 Santos-Dumont № 6 at Monaco 1901 Santos-Dumont № 6 at Monaco 1901 Santos-Dumont № 6 at Monaco 1904 Santos-Dumont № 7 at St. Louis 1903 Santos-Dumont № 9 1903 Santos-Dumont № 9 1903 Santos-Dumont № 9 1903 Santos-Dumont № 9 1903 Santos-Dumont № 9 airship shed 1903 Santos-Dumont № 10 and shed 1903 Santos-Dumont № 10 and shed 1903 Santos-Dumont № 10 gondola 1905 Santos-Dumont № 13 and shed 1905 Santos-Dumont № 14A and shed at Paris 1905 Santos-Dumont № 14A gondola at Paris 1905 Santos-Dumont № 14B at Trouville 1905 Santos-Dumont № 14B at Trouville 1905 Santos-Dumont № 14B at Trouville 1906 Santos-Dumont № 14B and № 14bis 1907 Santos-Dumont № 16 1907 Santos-Dumont № 16 1901 Roze ~ Aviateur 1901 Roze ~ Aviateur 1901 Roze ~ Aviateur 1901 Roze ~ Aviateur 1902 Severo Pax 1902 Severo Pax 1902 Severo Pax framework 1902 Severo, Saché and Santos-Dumont 1902 Severo Pax propellors 1902 Severo Pax gondola 1902 Severo Pax launches 1902 Severo Pax explodes 1902 Severo Pax crashed 1902 Severo Pax crashed 1902 Bradsky 1902 Bradsky 1902 Bradsky gondola 1902 Bradsky gondola 1902 Bradsky crashed gondola 1902 Spencer № 1 Mellin's Food at Crystal Palace 1902 Spencer № 1 Mellin's Food at Crystal Palace 1902 Spencer № 1 Mellin's Food at Crystal Palace 1902 Spencer № 1 Mellin's Food at Crystal Palace 1903 Spencer № 2 Evening News 1902 Stevens № 1 1903 Greth ~ California Eagle gondola 1903 Greth ~ California Eagle 1905 Knabenshue ~ Toledo № 1 at Toledo 1905 Knabenshue ~ Toledo № 2 at NYC 1905 Knabenshue ~ Toledo № 2 at NYC 1905 Knabenshue ~ Toledo № 2 at NYC 1905 Knabenshue ~ Toledo № 2 at NYC 1908 Knabenshue ~ Toledo II 1913 Knabenshue ~ Pasadena 1907 Beachey ~ 6 at St. Louis 1907 Baysdorfer-Yeager ~ Comet 1909 Baldwin ~ Hudson-Fulton 1908 Baldwin ~ Army № 1 at Ft. Meyers 1908 Baldwin ~ Army № 1 at Ft. Meyers 1912 Goodyear-Vaniman ~ Akron 1904 Benbow ~ Montana Meteor at St. Louis 1904 Ville-de-Saint-Mandé at Paris 1904 Ville-de-Saint-Mandé at St. Louis 1904 Ville-de-Saint-Mandé gondola 1907 de Marçay-Kluytmans 1907 de Marçay-Kluytmans 1907 de Marçay-Kluytmans 1908 Malécot 1908 Malécot 1908 Malécot 1908 Malécot 1908 Malécot 1908 Malécot 1908 Malécot 1908 Malécot gondola 1909 Riggs-Rice ~ American Eagle at Morris Park Aerodrome N.Y. 1909 Renner ~ Estaric I at Graz 1909 Renner ~ Estaric I at Vienna 1909 Parseval ~ PL4 - M I at Fischamend 1911 Körting ~ M III at Fischamend 1911 Stagl-Mannsbarth ~ Austria 1911 Stagl-Mannsbarth ~ Austria 1911 Stagl-Mannsbarth ~ Austria in shed at Fischamend 1911 Stagl-Mannsbarth ~ Austria gondola 1912 Boemches ~ M IV 1902 Lebaudy ~ Le Jaune I framework 1902 Lebaudy airship shed 1902 Lebaudy ~ Le Jaune I and shed 1902 Lebaudy ~ Le Jaune I gondola 1902 Lebaudy ~ Le Jaune I gondola 1902 Lebaudy ~ Le Jaune I 1902 Lebaudy ~ Le Jaune I 1902 Lebaudy ~ Le Jaune I gondola 1903 Lebaudy ~ Le Jaune I bis 1903 Lebaudy ~ Le Jaune I bis 1903 Lebaudy ~ Le Jaune I bis 1903 Lebaudy ~ Le Jaune I bis 1903 Lebaudy ~ Le Jaune I bis gondola 1903 Lebaudy ~ Le Jaune I bis gondola 1903 Lebaudy ~ Le Jaune I bis gondola 1903 Lebaudy ~ Le Jaune I bis gondola 1903 Lebaudy ~ Le Jaune I bis crashed 1903 Lebaudy ~ Le Jaune I bis crashed 1903 Lebaudy ~ Le Jaune I bis crashed 1904 Lebaudy ~ Le Jaune II 1904 Lebaudy ~ Le Jaune II 1904 Lebaudy ~ Le Jaune II gondola and shed 1905 Lebaudy ~ Le Jaune III at Meaux 1905 Lebaudy ~ Le Jaune III at Châlons 1905 Lebaudy ~ Le Jaune III 1905 Lebaudy ~ Le Jaune III crashed at Châlons 1905 Lebaudy ~ Le Jaune III crashed at Châlons 1906 Lebaudy ~ Le Jaune IV at Toul 1906 Lebaudy ~ Le Jaune IV at Toul 1906 Lebaudy ~ La Patrie 1906 Lebaudy ~ La Patrie 1906 Lebaudy ~ La Patrie 1906 Lebaudy ~ La Patrie in shed 1906 Lebaudy ~ La Patrie gondola 1906 Lebaudy ~ La Patrie 1907 Lebaudy ~ La Patrie 1907 Lebaudy ~ La Patrie in shed at Verdun 1907 Lebaudy ~ La Patrie at Verdun 1907 Lebaudy ~ La Patrie at Verdun 1907 Lebaudy ~ La Patrie at Verdun 1907 Lebaudy ~ La Patrie propeller at Belfast 1908 Lebaudy ~ La République 1908 Lebaudy ~ La République 1908 Lebaudy ~ La République 1908 Lebaudy ~ La République 1908 Lebaudy ~ La République entering shed 1908 Lebaudy ~ La République gondola 1908 Lebaudy ~ La République gondola 1908 Lebaudy ~ La République gondola 1909 Lebaudy ~ La Russie 1909 Lebaudy ~ La Russie 1909 Lebaudy ~ La Russie gondola 1909 Lebaudy ~ La Liberté 1909 Lebaudy ~ La Liberté gondola 1910 Lebaudy ~ Morning Post 1910 Lebaudy ~ Morning Post in England 1910 Lebaudy ~ Morning Post gondola 1911 Lebaudy ~ Lt. Selle de Beauchamp 1911 Lebaudy ~ Lt. Selle de Beauchamp 1911 Lebaudy ~ Lt. Selle de Beauchamp 1911 Lebaudy ~ Capitaine Marchal 1911 Lebaudy ~ Capitaine Marchal 1911 Lebaudy ~ Cpt. Marchal gondola 1910 Lebaudy field anchoring system Lebaudy ~ Moisson transportable shed Lebaudy ~ Moisson transportable shed 1910 Vaniman transportable shed 1912 Vaniman transportable shed at Voultegan 1910 military airship shed at Toul-Dommartin 1913 military airship sheds at Toul-Dommartin 1906 Comte de la Vaulx gondola 1906 Comte de la Vaulx 1906 Comte de la Vaulx 1906 Comte de la Vaulx 1906 Comte de la Vaulx shed at St. Cyr 1908 Zodiac I ~ Le Petit Journal 1908 Zodiac I ~ Le Petit Journal 1908 Zodiac I ~ Le Petit Journal 1908 Zodiac I ~ Le Petit Journal 1908 Zodiac I ~ Le Petit Journal 1909 Zodiac III at St. Cyr 1909 Zodiac III gondola at St. Cyr 1909 Zodiac III at Reims 1909 Zodiac III and shed at Reims 1909 Zodiac III with triplane elevator 1909 Zodiac IV 1911 Zodiac VII ~ Le Temps 1911 Zodiac VII ~ Le Temps gondola 1911 Zodiac X ~ Capitaine Ferber 1911 Zodiac X ~ Capitaine Ferber at Châlons 1911 Zodiac X ~ Capitaine Ferber at Epinal 1913 Zodiac XI ~ Commandant Coutelle 1913 Zodiac ~ Spiess - 1st configuraton 1913 Zodiac ~ Spiess - 2nd configuration 1913 Zodiac ~ Spiess - 3rd configuration 1916 Zodiac ~ VZ-5 gondola 1917 Chalais-Meudon ~ T-2 – Capitaine Caussin 1917 Forlanini F.5 Italian Army airship 1917 Forlanini F.5 gondola 1917 Forlanini F.5 empennage 1909 Belgique I 1909 Belgique I in shed near Brussels 1909 Belgique I gondola and shed 1909 Belgique I 1909 Belgique I 1909 Belgique I 1909 Belgique I 1909 Belgique I gondola 1909 Belgique I gondola 1909 Belgique I gondola	1908 Torres-Quevedo 1911 Astra-Torres ~ AT № 1 1911 Astra-Torres ~ AT № 1 1916 Astra-Torres ~ AT-1 1916 Astra-Torres ~ AT- 4 1918 Astra-Torres ~ AT-11 1918 Astra-Torres ~ AT- 16 – Transaérien VI 1919 Astra-Torres ~ AT- 18 1920 Astra-Torres ~ AT- 24 1920 Astra-Torres ~ AT- 24 1906 Astra ~ Ville-de-Paris in shed 1906 Astra ~ Ville-de-Paris 1906 Astra ~ Ville-de-Paris 1908 Astra ~ Ville-de-Paris (military) at Paris 1908 Astra ~ Ville-de-Paris (military) at Paris 1908 Astra ~ Ville-de-Paris (military) at Verdun 1908 Astra ~ Ville-de-Paris gondola (military) at Verdun 1908 Astra ~ Ville-de-Bordeaux at the Grand Palais 1909 Astra ~ Ville-de-Nancy 1909 Astra ~ Ville-de-Nancy 1909 Astra ~ Ville-de-Nancy damaged at Farmoutiers 1909 Astra ~ Ville-de-Nancy repaired at Farmoutiers 1909 Astra ~ Ville-de-Nancy and Colonel Renard at Beauval 1909 Astra ~ Ville-de-Nancy in shed at Nancy 1909 Astra ~ Colonel Renard 1909 Astra ~ Colonel Renard at Reims 1909 Astra ~ Colonel Renard airship shed at Reims 1910 Astra ~ España and shed 1910 Astra ~ Ville-de-Pau and shed 1910 Astra ~ Ville-de-Pau airship shed 1910 Astra ~ Ville-de-Lucerne and shed 1910 Astra ~ Ville-de-Lucerne 1910 Astra ~ Ville-de-Bruxelles at Issy-les-Moulineaux 1910 Astra ~ Ville-de-Bruxelles near Brussels 1910 Astra ~ Ville-de-Bruxelles near Brussels 1910 Astra ~ Ville-de-Bruxelles 1910 Astra ~ Ville-de-Bruxelles gondola 1910 Astra ~ Ville-de-Bruxelles cockpit 1910 Ville-de-Bruxelles airship shed 1911 Astra ~ Adjudant Réau 1911 Astra ~ Adjudant Réau 1911 Astra ~ Adjudant Réau 1911 Astra ~ Adjudant Réau 1911 Astra ~ Adjudant Réau and shed 1912 Astra ~ Conté 1908 Astra ~ Clément-Bayard № 1 1908 Astra ~ Clément-Bayard № 1 1908 Astra ~ Clément-Bayard № 1 in shed 1910 Astra ~ Clément-Bayard № 2 in shed at Breuil 1910 Astra ~ Clément-Bayard № 2 above shed at Breuil 1910 Clément-Bayard airship shed at Breuil 1910 Astra ~ Clément-Bayard № 2 1910 Astra ~ Clément-Bayard № 2 1910 Astra ~ Clément-Bayard № 2 1910 Astra ~ Clément-Bayard № 2 gondola 1910 Astra ~ Clément-Bayard № 2 at Breuil 1910 Astra ~ Clément-Bayard № 2 over the Channel 1910 Astra ~ Clément-Bayard № 2 in England 1910 Astra ~ Clément-Bayard № 2 in England 1910 Astra ~ Clément-Bayard № 2 in England 1910 Astra ~ Clément-Bayard № 2 in England 1910 Astra ~ Clément-Bayard № 2 in England 1912 Astra ~ Clément-Bayard № 3 Dupuy-de-Lôme 1912 Astra ~ Clément-Bayard № 3 Dupuy-de-Lôme 1912 military airship shed at Maubeuge 1912 military airship shed at Maubeuge 1911/1913 Astra ~ Clément-Bayard № 4 Adjudant Vincenot 1913 Astra ~ Clément-Bayard № 7 1913 Astra ~ Clément-Bayard № 7 gondola 1910 Astra and Clément-Bayard airship sheds at Issy 1910 Astra and Clément-Bayard airship sheds at Issy 1910 Unidentified airship 1911 Bot-Lallemand ~ Lorraine 1911 Bot-Lallemand ~ Lorraine 1911 Bot-Lallemand ~ Lorraine gondola 1911 Bot-Lallemand ~ Lorraine gondola 1911 Bot-Lallemand ~ Lorraine motor 1911 Bot-Lallemand ~ Lorraine motor 1911 Bot-Lallemand ~ Lorraine motor 1911 Bot-Lallemand airship shed at Lunéville 1911 Bot-Lallemand airship shed at Lunéville 1909 Willows № 2 1910 Willows № 3 1910 Willows № 3 gondola 1909 British Army ~ Baby 1909 British Army ~ Baby 1909 British Army ~ Baby 1910 British Army ~ Beta 1910 British Army ~ Beta 1910 British Army ~ Beta 1910 British Army ~ Beta modified 1910 British Army ~ Gamma 1900 Zeppelin ~ LZ 1 in floating shed on Bodensee 1900 Zeppelin ~ LZ 1 on Bodensee 1900 Zeppelin ~ LZ 1 1905 Zeppelin ~ LZ 2 on Bodensee 1905 Zeppelin ~ LZ 2 on Bodensee 1906 Zeppelin ~ LZ 3 1906 Zeppelin ~ LZ 3 1906 Zeppelin ~ LZ 3 1906 Zeppelin ~ LZ 3 1908 Zeppelin ~ LZ 3 - Z I 1908 Zeppelin ~ LZ 3 - Z I at Metz-Frescaty 1908 Zeppelin ~ LZ 3 - Z I in shed at Metz-Frescaty 1908 Zeppelin ~ LZ 4.1 in floating shed on Bodensee 1908 Zeppelin ~ LZ 4.1 1908 Zeppelin ~ LZ 4.2 1908 Zeppelin ~ LZ 4.2 over Friedrichshafen 1908 Zeppelin ~ LZ 4.3 on Bodensee 1908 Zeppelin ~ LZ 4.3 in Switzerland 1908 Zeppelin ~ LZ 4.3 on Bodensee 1908 Zeppelin ~ LZ 4.3 at Echterdingen 1908 Zeppelin ~ LZ 4.3 at Echterdingen 1908 Zeppelin ~ LZ 4.3 at Echterdingen 1908 Zeppelin ~ LZ 4.3 wreckage at Echterdingen 1909 Zeppelin ~ LZ 5 on Bodensee 1909 Zeppelin ~ LZ 5 at Göppingen 1909 Zeppelin ~ LZ 5 crashed at Göppingen 1909 Zeppelin ~ LZ 5 damaged at Göppingen 1909 Zeppelin ~ LZ 5 repaired at Göppingen 1909 Zeppelin ~ LZ 5 repaired at Göppingen 1909 Zeppelin ~ LZ 5 - Z II crashed at Weilburg 1910 Zeppelin ~ LZ 7 Deutschland 1910 Zeppelin ~ LZ 7 Deutschland in shed at Baden-Oos 1910 Zeppelin ~ LZ 7 Deutschland cabin 1910 Zeppelin ~ LZ 7 Deutschland wreckage 1911 Zeppelin ~ LZ 10 Schwaben 1911 Zeppelin ~ LZ 10 Schwaben 1911 Zeppelin ~ LZ 10 Schwaben wreckage 1912 Zeppelin ~ LZ 11 Viktoria Luise 1912 Zeppelin ~ LZ 11 Viktoria Luise in shed at Baden-Oos 1912 Zeppelin ~ LZ 12 - Z III 1912 Zeppelin ~ LZ 13 Hansa 1912 Zeppelin ~ LZ 13 Hansa passenger cabin 1912 Zeppelin ~ LZ 13 Hansa passengers in cabin 1913 Zeppelin ~ LZ 16 - Z IV at Lunéville 1913 Zeppelin ~ LZ 16 - Z IV at Lunéville 1913 Zeppelin ~ LZ 16 - Z IV at Lunéville 1913 Zeppelin ~ LZ 16 - Z IV gondola at Lunéville 1913 Zeppelin ~ LZ 17 Sachsen 1913 Zeppelin ~ LZ 17 Sachsen at Leipzig 1914 Zeppelin ~ LZ 24 - L 3 wreckage near Fanø 1914 Zeppelin ~ LZ 25 - Z IX 1915 Zeppelin ~ LZ 59 - L 20 stranded at Hafsfjord 1915 Zeppelin ~ LZ 59 - L 20 stranded at Hafsfjord 1915 Zeppelin ~ LZ 59 - L 20 stranded at Hafsfjord 1915 Zeppelin ~ LZ 59 - L 20 stranded at Hafsfjord 1917 Zeppelin ~ LZ 39 wreckage near Compiegne 1907 Groß-Basenach Versuchsluftschiff 1907 Groß-Basenach Versuchsluftschiff 1908 Groß-Basenach M.I 1908 Groß-Basenach M.I 1908 Groß-Basenach M.I with Parseval airship 1910 Erbslöh 1910 Erbslöh 1910 Erbslöh crashed 1911 Siemens-Schuckert I 1911 Ruthenberg II 1912 Suchard II in shed at Kiel 1906 Parseval ~ Versuchsluftschiff 1906 Parseval ~ Versuchsluftschiff 1906 Parseval ~ Versuchsluftschiff 1906 Parseval ~ Versuchsluftschiff 1906 Parseval ~ Versuchsluftschiff in shed at Reinickendorf 1906 Parseval ~ Versuchsluftschiff in shed at Reinickendorf 1907 Parseval airship shed at Reinickendorf 1909 Parseval ~ PL1 at Zürich 1909 Parseval ~ PL1 at Zürich 1909 Parseval ~ PL1 gondola at Zürich 1909 Parseval ~ PL1 at Bitterfeld 1908 Parseval ~ PL2 - P.I 1908 Parseval ~ PL2 - P.I gondola 1908 Parseval ~ PL2 - P.I gondola 1908 Parseval ~ PL2 - P.I with Gross airship 1908 Parseval ~ PL2 - P.I 1908 Parseval ~ PL2 - P.I crashed 1908 Parseval ~ PL2 - P.I crashed gondola 1908 Parseval ~ PL2 - P.I on transportwagons 1908 Parseval ~ PL2 - P.I with Z I at Metz-Frescaty 1909 Parseval ~ PL3 - P.II 1909 Parseval ~ PL3 - P.II 1909 Parseval ~ PL3 - P.II gondola 1909 Parseval ~ PL3 - P.II at ILA 1909 Parseval ~ PL3 - P.II gondola at ILA 1909 Parseval ~ PL3 - P.II at Augsburg 1909 Parseval ~ PL4 - M I at Fischamend 1909 Parseval ~ PL5 1909 Parseval ~ PL5 at Breslau 1909 Parseval ~ PL5 at Breslau 1910 Parseval ~ PL6 1910 Parseval ~ PL6 at Hamburg 1910 Parseval ~ PL7 - Grif 1910 Parseval ~ PL7 - Grif at Zalizi 1910 Parseval ~ PL8 - Ersatz P.II 1910 Parseval ~ PL10 1912 Parseval ~ PL11 - P.III 1912 Parseval ~ PL11 - P.III gondola 1912 Parseval ~ PL12 - Charlotte at Wanne 1912 Parseval ~ PL13 - Yuhi 1913 Parseval ~ PL14 - Burewestnik 1913 Parseval ~ PL16 - P.IV 1913 Parseval ~ PL16 - P.IV 1913 Parseval ~ PL16 - P.IV gondola 1913 Parseval ~ PL16 - P.IV gondola 1913 Parseval ~ PL16 - P.IV propellers 1913 Parseval ~ PL16 - P.IV helm 1912 Parseval ~ PL17 1913 Parseval ~ PL18 - RN airship № 4 1913 Parseval ~ PL18 - RN airship № 4 1914 Parseval ~ PL19 1915 Parseval ~ PL25 Parseval airship sheds at Bitterfeld Arthur Müller transportable airship shed Airship shed at Metz-Frescaty 1913 Airship shed at Metz-Frescaty Airship shed at Ahlhorn Airship shed at Düsseldorf Airship shed at Frankfurt am Main Airship shed at Köln-Bickendorf Airship shed at Spich Airship shed №1 at Wittmundhafen Airship shed at Trier 1919 Airship shed door at Trier 1919 Airship shed №2 at Namur 1919 Airship shed №2 at Namur 1919
Captive Balloons
1908 French captive balloon 1908 French captive balloon & wagon for wireless Captive balloon at Ver