Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst in New Jersey .
The coating on the Hindenburg had the same ingredients as current day rocket fuel. The German investigation became aware of this but hushed it up just before the War.
the person who was in charge of researching the properties of hydrogen would have found out it was flammable, therefor it will be his/her fault.
The gas bags of the Hindenberg were filled with Hydrogen gas. Hydrogen is lighter than air, the same way air is lighter than water. The Hydrogen filled "balloon" floated on the air just as one filled with air would float on water. By letting out gas or replacing it from tanks of compressed Hydrogen, they could control the trim and buoyancy of the airship.
Unfortunately, Hydrogen is highly flammable when mixed with air, as we all know from what happened to Hindenberg. Although there are ways to avoid disasters such as the one that befell it, people were afraid and that was, effectively, the end of lighter-than-air transportation for commercial purposes.
Yes , thank god. Watch the credits at the end of the movie
The Hindenburg was the name given to the largest airship, LZ129, operated by Germany for trans-Atlantic flights. It was over 800 feet long and contained enough room for passengers, cargo and crew. It completed over 30 trans-Atlantic passenger flights before crashing at Lakehurst, NJ in May, 1937. It used hydrogen for its lifting gas because the US refused to sell any helium to Nazi Germany.
By showing that each media type gives the audience a different experience.
1. Analysis of fuel in every aspects.
2. Highly inflammable fuel should not be used in the space at any cause.
3. Hydrogen is a future alternative fuel, It should be thoroughly studied and would be implemented.
i think that there was 12 people injured
The "doping" of the outer layer of the blimp was EXTREMELEY flammable. The Blimps back then were NOT grounded...Therefore, when they flew it over, after the storm, the static electricity sparked scortching the whole outer layer before the blimp actually landed...That's why the frame didnt catch on fire until the blimp hit the ground....
diffrent types of media offer diffrent experiences. apex
The Hindenburg disaster ended rigid airship aviation for commercial purposes, and since then no zeppelin has ever been used to transport passengers or cargo.
Because helium was not disponible in Germany before the war; USA refused to help Germany with the necessary volume of helium.
The Hindenburg (D-LZ129) was a Zeppelin (Drigible or Airship) a large balloon with a light metal frame, capable of carrying passengers and cargo across the ocean.
It was 245 metres long and 41 metres in diameter with a total volume of 200,00 cubic metres.
It wasn't.
The US was the biggest producer of helium, and didn't want to sell any to Germany.
So they used Hydrogen, which is also light, but very flammable.
Hindenburg's main German terminal for passenger operatrions was Frankfurt, although it sometimes departed from its home base in Friedrichshafen, Germany. In the United States, Hindenburg operated from the United States Naval Air Station at Lakehurst, New Jersey.
Source: Airships.net
Around 7:00 p.m. local time on May 6, at an altitude of 650 ft (200 m), Hindenburg approached Naval Air Station Lakehurst with Captain Max Pruss at the helm. Twenty-five minutes later, the airship caught fire and crashed, completely engulfed in flames, in only 37 seconds. Of the 36 passengers and 61 crew on board, 13 passengers and 22 crew died. One member of the ground crew was also killed, making a total of 36 lives lost in the disaster.
Anyone who has seen the graphic newsreel video of the Hindenburg plunging to earth in flames may be amazed to know that of the 97 passengers and crew on board, 62 survived. The disaster’s 36 deaths included 13 passengers, 22 crewmembers and one worker on the ground.