All-metal airship sets off on its maiden flight

Date:
3 November 1897
Description:
An all-metal airship designed by Hungarian inventor David Schwarz, equipped with a 12 hp / 9 kW Daimler engine, sets off on ist maiden flight from Tempelhofer Feld. But the world's first rigid airship is destroyed on landing. Pilot Ernst Jagels escapes the crash with minor injuries.

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Aviation pioneer David Schwarz in 1897 at a starting test with the aluminium-planked rigid airship at the Tempelhof field in Berlin, driven by a 5 hp/3.7 kW strong Daimler “Model P” four-cylinder engine. The airship gets destroyed during a landing.