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The Hindenburg Disaster The Hindenburg Disaster. The Hindenburg disaster at Lakehurst, New Jersey on May 6, 1937 brought an end to the age of the rigid airship. The disaster killed 35 persons on the airship, and one member of the ground crew, but miraculously 62 of the 97 passengers and crew survived.
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403 Forbidden Seemingly out of nowhere, flames shooting from the tail. Remembering the Hindenburg disaster 75 years later On May 6, 1937 the German dirigible airship Hindenburg caught fire and crashed upon landing in Lakehurst New Jersey. Thirty-six people died in the disaster (13 passengers, 22 crew members, 1 ground crew member).
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The Hindenburg Disaster and the End of the Airship Era USA Aviation. The Hindenburg disaster marked the beginning of the end for airship travel. Yet what is often forgotten today is that, until the 1930s, airships were a popular and luxurious way to travel. On May 6th 1937, the German airship LZ 129 Hindenburg was destroyed in a fire whilst attempting to dock at a station in New Jersey.
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- The Mystery of the Hindenburg Disaster. It was the largest airship ever built; over eight-hundred feet long from its nose to its massive tail fins. It was the height of luxury travel and in the course of two seasons carried over 2,656 people across the Atlantic between Germany to New York and Rio de Janeiro.
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Hindenburg & Hydrogen The Hindenburg was covered with cotton fabric, that had to be waterproof. So it had been swabbed with cellulose acetate (which happened to be very inflammable) that was then covered with aluminium powder (which is used as rocket fuel to propel the Space Shuttle into orbit).
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LZ 129 Hindenburg LZ 129 Hindenburg (Luftschiff Zeppelin #129; Registration: D-LZ 129) was a large German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship, the lead ship of the Hindenburg class, the longest class of flying machine and the largest airship by envelope volume.
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- World War II. President of the Weimar Republic Hindenburg dies. On this day in 1934, Paul von Hindenburg, president of the Weimar Republic of Germany, dies, opening the door for the tyranny of Adolf Hitler, whom he had appointed chancellor in 1933. Hindenburg’s life was one immersed in the Prussian military tradition.
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Last surviving crew member of 1937 Hindenburg airship crash dies aged 92 THE 1937 DISASTER WHICH CHANGED THE FACE OF AVIATION FOREVER. The Hindenburg disaster happened on Thursday, May 6, 1937, when the German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and crashed at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey as it tried to dock with its mooring mast. There were 97 people on board the ship, made up of 36 passengers and 61 members of crew.
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ShÅgun The end of the Kamakura shogunate came when Kamakura fell in 1333, and the Hōjō Regency was destroyed. Two imperial families – the senior Northern Court and the junior Southern Court – had a claim to the throne.
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Last surviving crew member of 1937 Hindenburg airship crash dies aged 92 The crash, which spelled the end of the airship era, killed 36 people including 22 members of the crew. The disaster is considered one of the most iconic air crashes in history due to the extensive media coverage. John Provan, a long-time friend, told of how the young Franz came to be on Hindenburg completely by chance.
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The Hindenburg The Hindenburg, a giant in size and grandeur, first emerged from its shed in Friedrichshafen, Germany on March 4, 1936. After only a few test flights, the Hindenburg was ordered by the Nazi propaganda minister, Dr. Joseph Goebbels, to accompany the Graf Zeppelin over every German city with a population over 100,000 to drop Nazi campaign pamphlets and to blare patriotic music from loudspeakers.
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- The number of Nazi seats in the Reichstag rose from 12 in 1928 to 230 in July 1932. In 1933 Hitler accomplished his goal to become chancellor of Germany. In January 1933 President Hindenburg asked Hitler to become Chancellor of Germany.He thought Hitler could solve Germany's problem and he thought Hitler would be easy to control. In February 1933 Germany's Reichstag building was burnt down. A Dutch communist was found near the scene of the crime.hat Role did the Reichstag Fire Play In Allowing Hitler to Consolidate his Power. At the beginning of August 1934 Hindenburg died. There should have been another president but Hitler illegally merged the position of chancellor and president together and he became the Fuhrer of Germany.
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Hindenburg disaster Before the airship's takeoff on March 26, 1936, Ernst Lehmann chose to launch the Hindenburg with the wind blowing from behind the airship, instead of into the wind as per standard procedure. During the takeoff, the airship's tail struck the ground, and part of the lower fin was broken.
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- 80 years later, what caused the Hindenburg fire? A retired NASA rocket fuel expert has set out to debunk the long-accepted conclusion that hydrogen caused the Hindenburg disaster.
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Hindenburg mystery solved 76 years after historic catastrophe: static electricity caused the airship to explode Hindenburg mystery solved 76 years after historic catastrophe: static electricity caused the airship to explode. By Daily Mail Reporter. Published: 19:20 EST, 3 March 2013 | Updated: 04:03 EST, 4 March 2013.
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- On December the 9th 2014 The Pirate Bay went down due to raids by the Swedish law enforcement. Since then The Pirate Bay went down on the 18th February for an estimated 12 hours, The website was down though there was no trouble with its domain name and name servers, routing visitors to a CloudFlare Error 522 page.
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The Greatest Green Lantern Comics The best of the Emerald Warrior. Green Lantern, a long standing member of the Justice League and a DC Comics icon, is now a movie star as well. Though the film has had mixed reviews from critics and fans, one thing is for certain: Green Lantern is in the spotlight.
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The Hindenburg  (film) The Hindenburg is a 1975 American Technicolor film based on the disaster of the German airship Hindenburg. The film stars George C. Scott. It was produced and directed by Robert Wise, and was written by Nelson Gidding, Richard Levinson and William Link, based on the 1972 book of the same name by Michael M. Mooney.
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LZ 129 Hindenburg LZ 129 Hindenburg. The Hindenburg redirects here. For other uses, see Hindenburg. LZ 129 Hindenburg (Luftschiff Zeppelin #129; Registration: D-LZ 129) was a large German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship, the lead ship of the Hindenburg class, the longest class of flying machine and the largest airship by envelope volume.
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The Hindenburg Disaster and the End of the Airship Era Theories about what exactly happened differ: at the time, it was thought to be an act of sabotage, but it is now believed that a spark, possibly caused by static build-up, ignited a fire that blazed through the hydrogen-filled craft.
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The Hindenburg disaster In This Day in History video clip: On May 3, 1937, The airship Hindenburg, the largest dirigible ever built and the pride of Nazi Germany, bursts into flames upon touching its mooring mast in Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 36 passengers and crewmembers.
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75 Years Since the Hindenburg Disaster 75 Years Since the Hindenburg Disaster. Last Sunday, May 6, marked the 75th anniversary of the 1937 Hindenburg disaster. The massive German airship caught fire while attempting to land near Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 35 people aboard, plus one ground crew member. Of the 97 passengers and crew members on board, 62 managed to survive.
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- Germany went down the tubes after they were forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles. There economy crashed and there money had just about no value. Many people that World War II was just a 20 year break from World War I. They were right because just about 20 years later World War II started.
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The iceberg that sunk the Titanic, 1912 The iceberg that sunk the Titanic, 1912. Photograph taken from the ship “Prinz Adalbert”. Just before midnight on April 14, 1912, the ocean liner Titanic struck an iceberg. Less than three hours later, she lay at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, having taken with her more than 1,500 of the roughly 2,200 people on board.
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How Blimps Work See Fall of the Hindenburg to learn about the ship and the crash. In 1925, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company began building airships of the blimp design. These aircraft were used for advertising and military purposes (such as surveillance and anti-submarine warfare) throughout World War II. In 1962, the U.S. military stopped using blimps in their operations.
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Lusitania Sinking of Lusitania. Nov 3, 1914: Great Britain announced intention to mine North Sea and transform it into a military area. German Government: Viewed action as both an illegal blockade and an attempt to starve out Germany. Great Britain's action led to retaliation on the part of Germans. May 7, 1915: German Submarine fired torpedo and sank ocean liner 1,198 people killed-including 128 Americans. Took 18 minutes for liner to sink.
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Myths about the Hindenburg Crash As the Hindenburg was consumed by flame, it was not only the hydrogen which burned; it was also the canvas covering, the aluminum alloy framework, the steel bracing cables, the gelatine-cotton gas cells, the tanks of diesel fuel, and even the tables and chairs.