This is a complete list of Forlanini

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from 1900 to 1931 (posthumously). Lapini, Gian Luca These, like the German

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s, were the first to have the gondola attached to the envelope, to reduce air resistance.

F.1 ''Leonardo da Vinci''

*Designed: 1900-1901

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*Maiden flight: 2 July 1909 *Flights: 38, total distance 850 km. *Longest duration: 90 minutes *Length: 40 metres *Volume: 3,265 cubic metres *Propulsion: One

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engine of 40 HP *Maximum speed: 52 km/h Construction started in 1900 collaboration with Cesare del Fabbro. Its first flight in 1909 was one year after the first Italian semi-rigid flight by

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. Like all the Forlanini airships, except the Omnia Dir, the

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comprised groups of multiple planes at the

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F.2 ''Città di Milano''

*Maiden flight: 17 August 1913 *Flights: 43 *Length: 72 metres *Volume: 12,000 cubic metres *Gas cells: 12 *Propulsion: Two

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engines of 80 HP each *Maximum speed: 70 km/h *Flight ceiling: 2400 metres *Useful payload: 5

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(''Regio Esercito'') *Fate: 9 April 1914 emergency landing during storm, then damaged by trees and terrain while moored. While attempting to deflate gas cells, caught fire and destroyed. F.2's gondola was divided in three compartments: the command cabin, passenger cabin, and machine room. For safety all the material was treated with a fire suppressant and the envelope was double-skinned.

F.3 Città di Milano II

*Volume: 13,790 cubic metres Ligugnana, Sandro *Propulsion: Four

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engines of 80 HP each *Maximum speed: 80 km/h *Flight endurance: 24 hours *Useful payload: 6 tonne *Fate: built for the British government but due to

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requisitioned by the Italian Army in 1918

F.4

*Volume: 15,000 cubic metres *Built: 1915 *Owner: Marina Italiana

F.5

*Built: 1917 *Volume: 17,783 cubic metres *Length: *Maximum width: *Propulsion: Two

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engines of 350 HP each *Flight ceiling: *Gas cells: 12 *Payload: New York Times wrote payload reduces to at and at . #Tim *Crew: 5: commander, two officers, two mechanics *Owner:

*Fate: military operations, decommissioned 6 February 1918

F.6

*Built: 1918 *Volume: 15,000 cubic metres *Propulsion: Four

IV-B engines of 180 HP each *Owner:

(''Regio Esercito'') *Fate: one single military mission before the armistice

''Omnia Dir''

*Built: 1931 *Volume: 4,000 cubic metres *Propulsion: One

of 150 HP *Note: Used two groups of five jets of compressed air for maneuvering, one at each end

Notes

References

*aerostati.it
Cronologia aerostatica
(Italian) last accessed 2008-06-30 *Lapini, Gian Luca. 2004

(Italian) last accessed 2008-06-30 *Sandro Ligugnana - Alessandro Ligugnan
History - Officine Leonardo da Vinci
Last accessed 2009-09-09 *The New York Times Magazine. 13 January 1918 Page SM3

last accessed 2008-06-30
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*editors of Italian wikipedia articl
Forlanini (dirigibili) - Wikipedia
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