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to 320,000 cu. ft. Also this ship met with disaster in the form of a fire when it was totally destroyed in its shed at Tegel, near Berlin, on September 13th, 1911. Curiously it was also on September 13th, two years later, when the envelope of the reconstructed M.I I was burned. 6. The Army Airship S.L. II. M.IV, which was completed in 1911, followed, as regards its general arrangement, along the lines of pre vious models, but the keel, which in the earlier ships of this type was composed of a long centre section and two shorter end sections, is made up of three sections of 18. The Naval Airship L. II. almost equal length. The propellers, instead of being supported on the keel, are carried on tubular outriggers from the car. The length of M.IV is 305 ft. and the cubic capacity 354,000 cu. ft. Last year the length was increased to 320 ft. and the capicity to 460,000 cu. ft. 19. The Naval Airship L. I. Of later airships of the " M" class no particulars are available, but it is highly probable that several of these are being or have been completed since the outbreak of the war. The remaining type of airship in use by the German military authorities is of the non - rigid type, and known as the P.L. class. They are built by the Aircraft Co. (Luftfahrzeug Gesellschaft, of Berlin), whose works are situated at Bitterfeld. Curiously enough this is the only firm which has been allowed to sell their products to any countries besides Germany and Austria. The Aircraft Company commenced operations in 190^ with 24. The Airship P.L. VI. (ex "Stollwerck") an experimental airship of 164 ft. length, and having a capacity of 81,500 cu. ft. Minor alterations have been effected from time to time, but essentially the Parsevals are non-rigid airships having their car, which is of comparatively short length, slung from the envelope itself without the intermediary of a 23. The Airship " Charlotte." rigid keel. Of the original experimental airship nothing now remains except the car, which is on view in the Museum at Munich. The first of the P.L. series made its appearance in 1909 and was bought by the Imperial Aero Club. It had a length of 196 ft. and a capacity of 114,000 cu. ft. The next one, the P.L.2, was of the same length, but had a greater diameter and a capacity of 142,000 cu. ft. This airship was purchased ty the Prussian War Office and given the official number P.I. The third to be completed in 1909 was the P.L.3, which was also sold to the Prussian War Office and received the military number P.II. The length of P.II was 230 ft. and it had a capacity of 235,000 cu. ft. Considerable experience 25. The Airship * Veeh I." was gained with this ship before it was ultimately wrecked by fire in May, 1911. Next in the series comes the P.L.4, which was also built in 1909. This ship, which was constructed in Austria, was taken over by the Austrian 3 c 2
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