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Explore Emil Schimpf’s airships on National Aviation Day

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Cover of Vorläuflige instruction über zusammensetzung gebrauch des Luftschifferpark.

Today, August 19th, marks National Aviation Day and we’re celebrating with a lesser-known flying vehicle — the airship. Emil Schimpf’s ballooning manuscript Vorläufige Instruction über Zusammensetzung Gebrauch des Luftschifferparks was recently added to the Smithsonian Transcription Center and is available for crowd-sourced transcription.