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The french officers' Charles Renard and Arthur Krebs LA FRANCE airship made the first fully controllable free-flight the 9 August 1884. It was the first full circle flight with landing on the starting point. The astronomer Jules Janssen took this photo from his Meudon (France) astrophysic observatory in 1885. One said LA FRANCE airship was the mythical Flying Dutchman vessel realized.

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current	13:31, 13 September 2005	550×377 (24 KB)	Rbmn (Talk \| contribs)	(The french officers Charles Renard and Arthur Krebs LA FRANCE airship made the first fully controllable free-flight the 9 August 1884. It was the first full circle flight with landing on the starting point. The astronomer [[Jules Janssen \|)
	12:37, 13 September 2005	550×377 (24 KB)	Rbmn (Talk \| contribs)	(The french officers Charles Renard and Arthur Krebs ''LA FRANCE'' airship made the first fully controllable free-flight the 9 August 1884. It was the first full circle flight with landing on the starting point.)