Crossword-Solution: PARSEVAL 8 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 13

British Airships: Past, Present and Future by George Whale (Late Major, R.A.F.) CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION CHAPTER II EARLY AIRSHIPS AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT TO THE PRESENT DAY CHAPTER III BRITISH AIRSHIPS BUILT BY PRIVATE FIRMS CHAPTER IV BRITISH ARMY AIRSHIPS CHAPTER V EARLY DAYS OF THE NAVAL AIRSHIP SECTION--PARSEVAL AIRSHIPS, ASTRA-TORRES TYPE, ETC.

Three of these were to be of the German design of Major von Parseval and three of the Forlanini type, which was a semi-rigid design manufactured in Italy.

Vickers, who had obtained the patent rights of the Parseval envelope, completed the other two ships of the order.

The Parseval envelope is of streamline shape which tapers to a point at the tail, and in this ship was of 300,000 cubic feet capacity.

This digression on Parseval airships has anticipated events somewhat, and a return must now be made to earlier days.