Le République
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Le République was the successor to Le Patrie, designed by Henri Julliot and created in 1907 by Lebaudy Frères company for the French government. It had a cigar shape similar to Le Patrie, but 2000 cubic feet more volume [for a presumed total of 113,250 cubic feet], with total lift of 9000 and net lifting capacity of 2,700 pounds.[1] "When inflated with pure hydrogen it can carry eight men a distance of 500 miles without stops, and the 80-horsepower motor gives it a probably speed of 28 miles an hour. This was about the speed of the Patrie, which had, however, with four men a radius of action of only 280 miles."[2]
