Postcard French Airship La Republique Lebaudy Bros of Moisson France by Tuck

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Era	Europe Era: World War I (1914-1918)
Type	Printed (Lithograph)
Subject	Aircraft
Publisher	Raphael Tuck & Sons
Card #	Educational Series (Aviation), Post Card No. 406
Notes	La Republique, an airship of the semi-rigid type, was built for the French Government by Lebaudy Bros., and made its first flight in September, 1908, covering a distance of 200 kilometres in 1½ hours, returning to its starting point without descent. In length it was about 210 ft., while it was fitted with twin screws driven by a motor of 80 h.p. A sister ship to La Republique was La Patrie, which broke away from its moorings and was never found. La Republique in 1909 also met with disaster.
Lot	Z063
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