Airship No. 2 Destroyed on Trial
- When
- 11 May 1899
- Where
- Unresolved test site
At the first test, scheduled for 11 May 1899, rain made the balloon heavy; the roped aircraft ended in adjacent trees, folded by hydrogen contraction and wind.
The first test was scheduled for 11 May 1899. At the time of the flight, rain made the balloon heavy. The demonstration consisted of simple manoeuvres with the aircraft attached by a rope, but ended in the adjacent trees. The airship had folded under the combined action of the contraction of the hydrogen and the force of the wind. No supplied passage places this test at Parc de Saint-Cloud, so the location remains unresolved.
Sources
- Alberto Santos-Dumont Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-11
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