This ship has 2 ballonets of 650 m cubed. each, and a car 35x13x2 m., made up of 5 sections. 2 ~motors~. Dansette-Gillette, 90 h.p., each actuating 2 propellers (4-bladed), geared to 500 r.p.m. Carries petrol for 15 hours work. Completed 1911. [Illustration: _Photo, Branger._] [Illustration: CAPITAINE FERBER. UDS.] COMMANDANT COUTELLE. Military. (ZODIAC XI.) +-------------------------------+ | | | (Enlarged _Captaine Ferber_.) | | _Building._ | | | +-------------------------------+ ~Maximum length,~ 292 feet (89 m.) ~maximum diameter,~ 46 feet (14 m.) ~volume,~ 9,000 m cubed. ~Gas bags, etc.~--2 ballonnets, each 45,900 c. feet (1,300 m cubed.) ~Nacelle.~--Nickel steel in 5 sections. Length, 131-1/4 (40 m.) Width, 4-1/2 feet (1.30 m.) Hung 16-1/2 feet (5 m.) below the balloon. Pilot in centre. Carries a total crew of six, petrol and oil for 15 hours' continuous work at full power. ~Motors.~--2, each of 190 h.p.=total of 380 h.p. Placed one at either end of the nacelle. ~Propellers.~--4, of 15 feet (4.50 m.) diameter. Two geared to each motor to half engine speed. ~Speed~ (expected).--37 m.p.h. (60 k.p.h.) ZODIAC XII. Rigid. Military. (SPIESS.) [Illustration: Spiess. _Building._ _Photo, Branger._] ~Maximum length,~ 341 feet (104 m.) ~maximum diameter,~ 42-3/4 feet (13 m.) ~volume,~ 11,000 m cubed. ~Gas bags.~--Sections 11. Number of cylindrical sections 8. Number of sides to polygon 14. ~Motors.~--Two 6-cylinder 200 h.p. in each nacelle, each driving 2 propellers of 15 feet (4.50 m.) diameter. ~Speed.~ (expected)--40 m.p.h. (65 k.p.h.) [Illustration] GERMAN. (By our special German editor.) ~Aerial Journals:--~ _Deutsche Luftfahrer Zeitschrift fur Luftschffahr_ Berlin, W. (Fortnightly). _Allgemeine Automobil Zeitung_, Berlin (Weekly). _Automobil Welt_, Berlin (Thrice Weekly). _Das Deutsche Auto_, Munich (Weekly). _Die Luftflotte_, Berlin (Monthly). _Internationale Revue fuer Autowesen & Aviatik_, Leipzig (Fortnightly). _Flugsport_, Frankfurt (Fortnightly). _Motor_, Berlin (Monthly). _Der Motorwagen_, Berlin (Thrice Monthly). _Monatshefte der Reichsfliegerstiftung_, Charlottenburg (Monthly). _Zeitschrift fuer Flugtechnik & Motorluftschiffahrt,_ Berlin (Fortnightly). ~Private Flying Grounds~ (Military see further on):-- ~Adlershof,~ Teil des Flugfeldes Johannisthal (_Wright_ School). ~Bork,~ Post Brueck in der Mark (_Mars_ School). ~Burg bei Magdeburg~ (_Schulze_ School). ~Darmstadt~ (Truppenuebungsplatz). ~Dotzheim bei Wiesbaden.~ ~Frankfurt a.M.~ (_August Euler_). ~Fuehlungen bei Koeln~ (Koelner Club fuer Flugsport). ~Garching b. Muenchen~ (_Hoffman-Harlan_). ~Griesheim b. Frankfurt a.M.~ (Frankfurter Flugsport-Club & Flugtechn. Verein). ~Habsheim b. Muelhausen i.E.~ (_Aviatik_).