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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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Source Alfred Hildebrandt, Airships past and present, London 1908 [1]
Author unknown; homing pigeon belonging to Bernhard Flöring, Barmen, Germany

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  • 2009-06-28 22:34 Hans Adler 239×270× (3982 bytes) {{Information |Description = 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 journe

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current17:31, 24 April 2011Thumbnail for version as of 17:31, 24 April 2011239 × 270 (6 KB)Hohumcleanup
20:27, 17 August 2009Thumbnail for version as of 20:27, 17 August 2009239 × 270 (4 KB)Svajcr{{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

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