~Table of weights~:-- Gas bag 1,653 lbs. Cordage 220.5 " Trail rope 220 " Car and motor 529 " Fuel 770 " Oil 160 " Oil and fuel tanks, instruments, miscellaneous 1,637 " Crew, passengers, ballast 1,654 " --------- Total 6,834 lbs. Note.--This remarkably successful ship has performed a continuous flight of 11-1/2 hours. She also remained at a height of 4,800 feet (1,500 m.) for 1 hour. She can be transported in 1 railway truck or 2 pair horse wagons, and be assembled and filled ready for ascent within 3 hours of arrival by train. Built 1908. Station: Metz. PARSEVAL P.L. 6. "Stollwerck." (1910.) [Illustration] ~Length~, 229-3/4 feet (70 m.) ~Diameter~, 49-1/4 feet (15 m.) ~Volume~, 318,000 c. feet (9,000 m cubed) ~Gas bags.~--Riedinger. ~Motors.~--2 N.A.G. of 110 h.p. each = 220 h.p. ~Speed.~--31 m.p.h. (50 k.p.h.) ~Propellers.~--Two 4-bladed. Semi-rigid material. Remarks.--Station, Johannisthal. PARSEVAL P.L. 8. = P II. Ersatz. Military. (1913.) [Illustration] ~Maximum length~, 252-3/4 feet (77 m.) ~maximum diameter~, 50-3/4 feet (15.50 m.) ~volume~, 290,000 c. feet (8,250 m cubed.) ~Total lift.~--5-1/2 tons=12,125 lbs. (5,500 kgs.) ~Gas bags.~--2 ballonets, usual arrangement. ~Motors.~--300 h.p. made up of two 150 h.p. Daimler motors, placed one behind the other. ~Speed.~--41 m.p.h. (66 km.) ~Propellers.~--2 Parseval, 4-bladed, semi-rigid steel. ~Steering.~--As in others. Remarks.--Station, Cologne, (Coeln). PARSEVAL P.L. 9 (1910), & 10. (Building 1913.) [Illustration] ~Maximum length~, 164 feet (50m.) ~maximum diameter~, 26-1/4 feet (8m.) ~volume~, 77,700 c. feet (2,200m cubed.) ~Total lift.~--2,910 lbs. (1,320 kgs.) ~Gas bag.~--Continental fabric. One central ballonet instead of the usual two. ~Motors.~--1 N.A.G. of 50 h.p. ~Speed.~--25 m.p.h. (40 k.p.h.) ~Propellers.~--One 2-bladed, wooden. Diameter, 9-3/4 feet (3 m.) ~Steering.~--Differs from other standard types, in that only one ballonet being fitted, an elevator is introduced under the bow. Remarks.--Small ships for sporting purposes. A remarkably successful type of small dirigible. A small _P.L. 5_, burned 1912. _P.L. 10_ delayed owing to press of other work. [Illustration: PARSEVAL TYPE D.] PARSEVAL P.L. 11. = P. III. Military. (1911.) [Illustration] ~Maximum length~, 272-1/3 feet (83 m.) ~maximum diameter~, 53 feet (16.20 m.) ~volume~, 388,450 c. feet (11,000 m cubed.) ~Total lift.~-- ~Gas bags.~-- ~Motors.~--2 Koerting, each of 200 h.p.=400 total. ~Speed.~--42 m.p.h. (67 k.p.h.) (18.3 metres p. sec.) ~Propellers.~--Two 4-bladed Parseval. Remarks.--Built 1911. Station, Koenigsberg. PARSEVAL P.L. 12. "Charlotte." (1912.) [Illustration]