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DescriptionLa France Observatoire.jpg
English: The French officers' Charles Renard and Arthur Krebs ''LA FRANCEairship made the first fully controllable free-flight the 9 August 1884. It was the first full circle flight with landing on the starting point. The astronomer Jules Janssen took this photo from his Meudon (France) astrophysic observatory in 1885. One said LA FRANCE airship was the mythical Flying Dutchman vessel realized.
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2005-09-13 12:37 Rbmn 550×377× (24555 bytes) The french officers [[Charles Renard]] and [[Arthur Krebs]] ''LA FRANCE'' [[airship]] made the first fully controllable free-flight the 9 August 1884. It was the first full circle flight with landing on the starting point.
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