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Obzor (quotidien croâte), 9 septembre 1896 s1Ante Sucur: "The Construction and Testing of the Airship", The Airship of David Schwartz, 2004

Yesterday, on Thursday, October 8th 1896, Schwarz's airship managed to lift only a few metres above the ground, while the soldiers were holding it with ropes. It is said that the gas used in the airship was bad, and thus the airship could not perform as expected. It was decided that the airship would be filled once again with good gas and tested.