The airship LZ-129 Hindenburg was used for passenger, mail, and freight transportation, mainly between Germany and the United States, with additional flights between Germany and South America. Hindenburg was the fastest way for passengers and mail to cross the Atlantic at the time; the airship crossed the ocean in 2-1/2 days, as compared to the 5 days required by the fastest transatlantic ocean liners.
Although designed for passenger and mail transportation, the Hindenburg was also sometimes used as a Propaganda tool by the government of Nazi Germany. For example, one of the ship's first flights was a propaganda flight in support of the March 29, 1936 referendum on the remilitarization of the Rhineland, and the ship made politically-motivated appearances above the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games and the 1936 Nazi Party rally in Nuremberg.
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I believe that the Hindenburg's sister ship was the LZ-130 Graf Zeppelin
The gas was Hydrogen.
The Hindenburg airship, measuring about 804 feet in length, was significantly larger than the average size of a 1927 automobile, which was typically around 15-20 feet long. In comparison, the Hindenburg was approximately 40 times longer than a standard car of that era. This immense size contributed to its ability to carry passengers and cargo across long distances.
Hydrogen
The German Zeppelin LZ 129 Hindenburg, exploded in midair as she was mooring at Naval Air Station Lakehurst, New Jersey, on May 6, 1937.The Hindenburg was a passenger liner, but unlike today's airships, she carried volatile hydrogen gas instead of helium for her lifting capability. There is a long-held theory that she was the victim of an onboard bomb rather than just an accident.
I believe that the Hindenburg's sister ship was the LZ-130 Graf Zeppelin
Hindenburg crashed at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New Jersey.
The gas was Hydrogen.
they are alike because they both fly in the air
Because it is incredibly flammable. Look up "Hindenburg".
they are alike because they both fly in the air
from the air around the airship.
The Hindenburg should have used helium gas instead of hydrogen gas. Helium is non-flammable, unlike hydrogen, which was a major factor contributing to the Hindenburg disaster.
The Hindenburg airship, measuring about 804 feet in length, was significantly larger than the average size of a 1927 automobile, which was typically around 15-20 feet long. In comparison, the Hindenburg was approximately 40 times longer than a standard car of that era. This immense size contributed to its ability to carry passengers and cargo across long distances.
lakehurst naval air station, lakehurst , NJ
No. All three are so-called "lighter than air" machines, because they're filled with gases that make tham buoyant in normal atmosphere. But the gases are different. The Hindenburg was filled with hydrogen, and was destroyed in 1937, in a catastrophe so deadly and so graphic that hydrogen was never again used to float airships. Blimps today, including the Goodyears, are floated with helium. And hot-air balloons, as the name implies, are floated with . . . . .
Hydrogen