List of Parseval airships

The Versuchsluftschiff (meaning experimental airship) was Parseval's first model. It was rebuilt several times. • First flight on 26 May 1906 at Berlin's Tegel, a military field • Pilot: Captain von Krogh • Length: 48 m, Diameter: 4.8 m • Power plant: 62 kW (85 PS) Daimler-Motor • Max speed: 43.2 km/h • The hull was completed by the balloon constructer Riedinger and was later increased from 2300 to 2800 cubic metre, the length increased to 50 m • After all the modifications were completed, from 1909 it was designated "PL 1". ==PL 1==

(a balloon race) in Zurich • Developed from the Versuchluftschiff • Maiden flight: 1909-09-21 • Volume: 3200 m³, 60 m length, 9.4 m Diameter • Power plant: a 62 kW (85 PS) Daimler-Motor, a 4.25 m-prop • On 21 and 22 September 1909 three test flights, improvements to steering and hull, afterwards transported by train Zug to Zürich for the Gordon Bennet Ballon-Races, four demonstration flights in Zürich. The Swiss airship department provided gas filling services, and the chief of the Swiss military general staff was among the passengers for the first flight over Swiss soil. • In February 1910 was used as the "Kaiserliche Aero-Klub-Luftschiff" (Imperial air-club airship) and in Bitterfeld until its end of service • 20 Flights between 21 September 1909 und 21 April 1910, the last flight a forced landing • Experimented with an image projector (see also PL 6 where advertising images were projected on the hull) ==PL 2 / P.I==

, together with two other German airships • Built for the Prussian army, under the marking P.I, construction similar to the PL 1. • Maiden flight: 1908-08-13, in service until 1912 then dismantled. • Volume: 4000 m³ • Length: 60 m, Diameter: 10.4 m • Power plant: a 62 kW (85 PS) Daimler-Motor with one airprop • 45 km/h max speed ==PL 3 / P.II==

illustrated the military airship PII reporting the approach of a Wright Flyer in 1910. • After seven flights, the hull volume was enlarged on 1909-03-23 from 5600 to 6600m³, refilling starts 1909-06-05, length remains at 70 m, diameter increased by one metre to 11.3 m, test flight 1909-06-28 in Bitterfeld • Regular passenger flights with up to seven passengers and 4 crew from the International air exhibition in Frankfurt/Main from 7 August until the end of October 1909. Total 74 flights. • Put out of service after flying into the sea on 1910-05-16 • Power plant: two 81 kW (110 PS) N.A.G.-Motors, each driving a four-bladed airprop • max speed: 51 km/h ==PL 4 - M I==

• PL 4 was purchased by the Kaiserlich und königlich Military-aero-nautical institute and stationed in Fischamend, Wien-Umgebung under the designation "M I" • Maiden flight: 26. November 1909 • Volume: 2300 m³, • Power plant: Austro-Daimler-Motors from Wiener Neustadt, either 1x 62 kW or 2x 33 kW (1x 85 or 2x 45 PS), each of which driving a single airprop • Hull built by an Austrian rubber factory in Wimpassing im Schwarzatale • Length: 50 m, Diameter 12.5 m, • Flying ceiling: 1000 metre • Crew: 2-3, passengers: 4-5 (capacity for 7 persons in total) ==PL 5==

• Over 150 passenger flights • Stationed at Flughafen Klein Gandau in Breslau (Wroclaw, Poland) • On 1911-06-11 destroyed in a fire while emptying the gas hull in Münden, later replaced by PL 9 • Volume 1350 m³ • Max speed: • Flight duration 5 hours • Flying ceiling: 1,000 metres • Crew and passengers: 3 to 4 ==PL 6==

• Maiden flight 1910-06-30, • Intended for round trips • Up to 12 passengers, 4 crew, • First use of night air advertising on an airship, a projector could project images on its hull • Modernised in 1912 to bring it to same technical standard as the PL 12, volume increased from 6800 to 8000 m³ == PL 7 Grif ==

• Delivered to Russia with the marking Grif (Griffin), see also Russian airships • Volume: 6700 m³ • Flight duration: 20 hours or longer • Flight ceiling: 2500 metre • Crew and passengers: 12-16 • Crew: 3-4 • The Luft-Fahrzeug-Gesellschaft brochure shows the PL 7 (Type B), intended for the Russian military, one of its six-cylinder 100 PS engines, and its gondola with two engines driving semi-rigid props ==PL 8 Ersatz P.II==

• PL 8 delivered to Prussian army on 1913-03-12, with marking Ersatz P.II (P.II replacement) • Volume: 5600 m³ • Max speed: 16–17 m/s • Flight duration: >= 20 h • Flight ceiling: 2000 m • Passengers and crew: 7-12 • Crew: 4 • Power plant: Two 150 PS engines each driving a four-bladed airprop ==PL 9==

• Stationed at Flughafen Klein Gandau in Breslau (Wroclaw, Poland) • 1913 sold to the Turkish military • First flight in Yeşilköy occurred on 23 July 1913. ==PL 10 Sportsluftschiff==

• PL 10 1700 m³ Sportsluftschiff after the first flight in 1910 dismantled and stored in Bitterfeld == PL 11 - P.III ==

• PL 11 first flight 1912-03-01, for the Prussian Army designated as P.III until middle 1914 == PL 12 Charlotte ==

• Charlotte getauft, • Built for the "Rheinisch-Westfälischen Flug- und Sportplatz-Gesellschaft mbH Wanne - Herten", where it was used for roundtrips • Maiden flight: 1912-05-11 • PL 12 was used as a passenger and advertising airship until 1914. • Length 82 m, diameter 14 m • Power plant: 2x 81 kW (110 PS) NAG-engines • Volume: 8000 m³ • Max speed: 48 km/h ==PL 13 Yuhi==

See: Parseval PL 13 • 1912 delivered as Yuhi(雄飛号) to Japan. In 1916 January 22 Yuhi took the first, over 11 hours long, flight from Tokorozawa to Osaka. Since then January 22 is the memorial day of "skyship" in Japan. == PL 14 Burewestnik ==

• Delivered as Burewestnik to Russia == PL 15 - M 3 ==

• 1914 delivered as "M 3" to Italy == PL 16 - P.IV ==

• Maiden flight: 1913-10-02 • Middle of 1914 delivered to the Prussian army, where it was renamed "P.IV" • In service until 1916-03-24 ==PL 17==

• Maiden flight: 1912-12-30 • Delivered to Italy where it served in the army until 1915 ==PL 18 - No.4==

• Maiden flight: 23. April 1913 • 1913 delivered to the Royal Navy, under the marking "Parseval No.4". The British would describe its service as very successful • Length: 80 m; diameter: 15 m; volume: 8800 m³. • Power plant: 2x 132 kW (180 PS) Maybach-engines, max speed 68 km/h, • Crew: 2 officers and 7 men. Radio and Weaponry installed • Served during the World War I as patrol ship, demobilised in July 1917 == PL 19 ==

• PL 19 was intended for the British Royal Navy as "Parseval No.5", but upon war's outbreak was used instead by the German Navy. In England Vickers constructed three replacement hulls and 2 gondolas with identical specifications. • Maiden flight: 30 August 1914 • Length: 92 m; Diameter: 15 m; Volume: 10,000 m³ • Power plant: two 132 kW (180 PS) Maybach-engines, max speed: 76 km/h, • On 1915-01-25 after an air attack on Liepāja, Latvia, due to artillery damage made emergency sea-landing and crew taken as Russian prisoners of war https://btgv.ru/history/troops-history/german-block/the-presumptuous-parsefal/ ==PL 20 - PL 24==