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The beginnings of water flight

Model of the Fabre Hydravion from the collection of the Zeppelin Museum. Henri Fabre was the first person to take off from a body of water with this aircraft in 1910.

Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen GmbH is founded

An American Curtiss A-1 Triad was the first seaplane on Lake Constance.

The factory of Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen GmbH in Manzell Bay, 1915.

Lake Constance seaplane flying comes to Constance

Poster, Lake Constance seaplane flight, 1913

Logistical preparations for an exciting program

Arthur Faller taxiing an airplane ashore. The waterworks in the Staad district of Constance, which still exist today, can be seen on the right. Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen

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