Schutte-Lanz S.L.1
First flight : 1 October 1911
General information :
First airship built by Schutte-Lanz. Built at Rheinau, near Mannheim.
Construction : geodetic frame made from plywood, gave a highly streamlined shape.
Made 53 flights, longest duration : 16 hours. 12 December 1912 the airship was
handed over to the German army but soon afterwards it broke loose from its mooring
during a storm and was destroyed near Berlin
Building of S.L.1, note the geodetic framework
Engines : 4x Daimler-Benz J8L 8-cyl. In-line 125 hp
Speed : 38.3 km/hr
Length : 131 [m] diameter : 18.4 [m] volume : 19000 m3
Payload : 4500 [kg]
Literature :
World directory of airliner crashes page 11