The Parseval XIII was a German-built dirigible bought by the government of Japan.[1] It 10,000 cubic meters of gas.[2]
On 17 April 1912 it flew from Bitterfelt to Leipzig, in an hour in a half, reaching 1,200 meters altitude, with two Japanese officers part of the seven-person crew.[3]
References
- ↑ Viscount Hythe, The Naval Annual: 1913; 2, The Hard, Portsmouth: J. Griffin and Co., 1913; p. 55.
- ↑ Lafon, 1916, Les armées aériennes modernes, p. 55. Lafon says it was posted at Metz, (Moselle), at the beginning of the war...?
- ↑ "The Japanese 'Parseval.'" Flight, 4 May 1912, p. 399.
