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Old 31 October 2009, 08:29 PM   #4 (permalink)
Rod_Filan
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Full view of "Capitaine Ferber" - originally with 4-bladed propellers - probably at St. Cyr by the looks of the landscape...



Leaving the shed while on military maneuvers...



The gondola and ground crew at Epinal...



In-flight at Epinal (second shed under construction)...



...and a beautiful scale-model, which if you notice, is constructed to represent the airship in its original configuration - elevators operating aft of horizontal stabilizers on the gondola - later moved up to the vertical stab/rudder. (Although this has 2-bladed propellers, and I'm not sure if that is a mistake or if they were changed before the elevator switched location...



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