Giffard-style steam-powered airship

The Giffard-style airship was built by Frenchman Henri Giffard in 1852. This was the first powered and steerable airship to take to the skies. Wikipedia, Giffard dirigible
The upper crust members of society have quite taken to air travel—floating almost eclipses hunting as the preferred pastime of the aristocracy. Soulless
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