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1888 Motorized Airship Flight

When: 10 August 1888
Where: Cannstatt (departure locality); disputed destination: Aldingen (part of Remseck am Neckar) per source-c5b99bf9e436685e:1708, or Kornwestheim per source-95312a8206665c91:18923
Part of: Wölfert's motorised airship makes first engine-driven flight

Wölfert's airship, powered by a Daimler petrol engine, flew 10 km from Cannstatt in August 1888, demonstrating internal combustion propulsion.

On 10 August 1888, Friedrich Hermann Wölfert piloted an airship equipped with Daimler's Standuhr petrol engine. The flight departed from Cannstatt and covered 10 kilometers. While some accounts cite Kornwestheim as the destination, other sources specify the route went to Aldingen, part of Remseck am Neckar, and back. This event utilized a 2 hp single-cylinder engine, marking a significant step in motorized airship development.

Sources

Friedrich Hermann Wölfert Wikipedia, revision of 2026-04-08
Airship Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-03

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