DescriptionDark slate-coloured carrier pigeon belonging to Bernhard Flöring.jpg
English: Dark slate-coloured carrier pigeon belonging to Herr Flöring. The bird which is shown carrying a message on its left leg, is 4 years old, has made fifteen ascents in a balloon, and covered 2,400 miles on the return journeys. [Dunkelgeschieferte Brieftaube des Herrn Flöring. Der Vogel, welcher am linken Fuße eine Depeschenhülse aus Gummi trägt, ist 4 Jahre alt, hat 15 Ballonfahrten mitgemacht, und ist 3900 km Landtouren geflogen.]
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Alfred Hildebrandt, Airships past and present, London 1908 [1]
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unknown; homing pigeon belonging to Bernhard Flöring, Barmen, Germany
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{{Information |Description={{en|Dark slate-coloured carrier pigeon belonging to Herr Flöring. The bird which is shown carrying a message on its left leg, is 4 years old, has made fifteen ascents in a balloon, and covered 2,400 miles on the return journey