List of Parseval airships

The Parsevals were 22 airships built between 1909 and 1919 by the Luft-Fahrzeug-Gesellschaft (LFG) following the design of August von Parseval. In the 1920s and 1930s, three more airships were built following the Parseval-Naatz (PN) design.

As with the rival Zeppelins, the airships were, in both English and German, referred to by the name of the inventor. (In German, the nouns were masculine, that is, "der Parseval", "der Zeppelin".)

In contrast to the Zeppelins, the Parsevals were non-rigid or semi-rigid airships, with little or no stiffening structure inside the fabric envelope. The Zeppelins had a rigid internal framework made of duralumin. Both types relied on hydrogen gas to provide lift.

Diagram of an early Parseval airship. The two internal balloons were not for lift generation. They were ordinarily pumped with air when a vessel began losing its shape due to hydrogen's pressure changes.[1]
Brochure of the Luftfahrzeug-GmbH

Experimental airship

Just before lift off on 26 May 1906, piloted by Captain von Krogh

The Versuchsluftschiff (meaning experimental airship) was Parseval's first model. It was rebuilt several times.

PL 1

PL 1 at the Gordon-Bennet-Races (a balloon race) in Zurich

PL 2 / P.I

P I and P II over Cologne, together with two other German airships

PL 3 / P.II

Willy Stöwer illustrated the military airship PII reporting the approach of a Wright Flyer in 1910.

PL 4 - M I

PL IV in Vienna

PL 5

PL 5

PL 6

PL 6 over Dresden and at the Munich 1910 exhibition

PL 7 Grif

PL 7 displayed in the Luftfahrzeug-GmbH brochure

PL 8 Ersatz P.II

PL 8 diagram

PL 9

PL 10 Sportsluftschiff

PL 11 - P.III

PL 12 Charlotte

PL 13 Yuhi

January 22 is the memorial day of "skyship" in Japan.

PL 14 Burewestnik

PL 15 - M 3

PL 16 - P.IV

PL 17

PL 18 - No.4

PL 18 in 1913

PL 19

PL 20 - PL 24

PL 20-24 were not built.

PL 25

PL25

See: Parseval PL25 PL 25 was a military airship made in 1914/1915. It was the last single-gondola Parseval airship. It made its first flight on 1915-02-25, entered Navy service until 1916, after 95 flights.

PL 26

PL 26 was a semirigid airship whose maiden flight was on 1915-10-26, but it had an accident upon landing and was destroyed in a fire, with no casualties.

PL 27

(See: Parseval PL27) PL27's maiden flight was on 1917-03-08. The major difference from its predecessor PL 26 was the specification of the gondola. Because it no longer met increased military requirements, it was not put to military service but instead converted to a passenger airship in 1919. The Treaty of Versailles resulted in its dismantlement in 1920.

Parseval-Naatz PN 28

Parseval-Naatz PN 29 Sidenhuset

On 1930-05-21 PN 29 acquired the Swedish call-sign "SE-ACG Sidenhuset", after the then well-known ladies boutique from Stockholm. The word "Sidenhuset" was displayed in large letters on its hull.[6] The owner was "AB Luftskeppsreklam i Stockholm" (Airship Advertising Co).

Sidenhuset's task was to make advertising flights over the 1930 Stockholm Exhibition (Stockholmsutställningen). The airship was damaged by wind due to its being parked outside. The manufacturer arrived and it was decided to fly the ship back to Germany for repairs. During the fight it crashed into the Baltic Sea, south of the island of Öland, on 1930-06-04. The airship sank, but with no casualties.[6]

Parseval - Naatz PN 30 Odol

PN 30 flew under the callsign Odol as an advertising and research airship.

See also

Notes

  1. William J. Claxton (1918). The Mastery of the Air. p. 29. ISBN 1-4068-4626-0.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Dirigibles of Imperial Russia (up to 1917 year), Smartsoft Ltf, 2008
  3. Brochure of the Luftfahrzeug-GmbH, page 12, circa 1910
  4. Brochure of the Luftfahrzeug-GmbH, page 14
  5. Atlı, Altay (01.08.2008). "Story of Turkish Aviation". Retrieved 19 August 2010. Parseval PL-9 was sent aloft in Yeşilköy on 23 July 1913. A crew of German and Turkish officers and engineers manned the balloon, which managed to reach an altitude of 300 meters. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. 1 2 Seve Ungermark, Airships: Misconceptions and Myths First Part of Three, 2005-02-09. Retrieved 2008-06-11.

Bibliography

  • Schmitt, G. und Schwipps, W. - Pioniere der frühen Luftfahrt, Gondrom Verlag, Blindlach 1995, ISBN 3-8112-1189-7
  • Haaland, D.; Knäusel, H.G.; Schmidt, G. und Seifert, J. - Leichter als Luft - Ballone und Luftschiffe, Die Deutsche Luftfahrt Bd. 26, Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Bonn 1997, ISBN 3-7637-6114-4
  • Seifert, Dr. Jürgen - Die Luftschiffwerft und die Abteilung Seeflugzeugbau der Luft-Fahrzeug-Gesellschaft in Bitterfeld (1908 - 1920) Bitterfeld 1988, ISBN (none)
  • Squier, George Owen (1908). "The Present Status of Military Aeronautics. I. Aerostation. Successful Military Dirigible Balloons. Germany. The Parseval". Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution: 128–130. Retrieved 2009-08-07. 
  • Luftschiffahrt, Dem heutigen Stande der Wissenschaft entsprechend dargestellt von Regierungsbaumeister K. Hackstetter, Oberingenieur Siegfried Hartmann, Regierungsrat Hofmann, Leutnant Ernst Mickel, Emil Sandt, Oberleutnant a. D. Stelling, Dr.P. Schulze, und Graf Ferdinand von Zeppelin, 1908

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