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Hindenburg & Hydrogen The answer was settled in favour of the aeroplanes in 1937, when the enormous Nazi hydrogen-filled airship, the Hindenburg, slowly maneuvered in to dock at a 50-metre high mast at the Lakehurst Air Base, in New Jersey. This was its 21st crossing of the Atlantic Ocean.
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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.
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Hindenburg mystery solved 76 years after historic catastrophe: static electricity caused the airship to explode Scroll down for video. 1  Real cause: The cause of the Hindenburg disaster that killed 35 of the 100 passengers and crew members on board was static electricity, says a team of experts who have been looking into the real trigger.
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The Hindenburg  (film) Ritter is assisted by a Nazi government official, SS/Gestapo Hauptsturmführer Martin Vogel (Roy Thinnes), who poses as an official photographer of the Hindenburg. However, both operate independently in investigating the background of all passengers and crew on the voyage.
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- Hitler seen in the midst of tough negotiations with Chancellor Bruening about extending President Hindenburg's term. Below: After the negotiations failed - the race for the presidency is underway. Left: Nazis tack up a stark-looking Hitler poster that only shows his face and name.
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Hindenburg mystery solved after 76 years The moment the Hindenburg suffered the first of three explosions over the Lakehurst naval air station in New Jersey on 6 May 1937. Thirty-six people, including one ground crew, were killed AP. The dream was a fleet of hydrogen-filled airships criss-crossing the globe, silvered hulls shining in the sunlight.
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LZ 129 Hindenburg Hindenburg was named after the late Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg, President of Germany from 1925 until his death in 1934.
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The Hindenburg Myth 1 The Hindenburg would have burned if it had been filled with inert helium gas.  Even if the Hindenburg had not been lifted by hydrogen, the ignition of the covering would still have happened, and would then have set ablaze the diesel stores, resulting in the same disaster.
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5 things to know about the Hindenburg disaster The Hindenburg, a German airship, ferried passengers across the Atlantic Ocean, reaching cruising speeds of 84 mph. On May 6, 1937, thousands of people looked to the sky to watch the Zeppelin land in Lakehurst, N.J., according to archival newscasts of the Hindenburg. 1  Archived footage of the landing shows people cheering, and ultimately screaming as the Hindenburg ignites into flames and drifts to the runway ground.
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The Burning Question About the Hindenburg During the Nazi party's rapid rise to dominance, it co-opted the Hindenburg as a symbol of national pride and Third Reich power. Like its sister ship the Graf Zeppelin and all other German aircraft, it was required by law to carry a symbol of the Nazi party, so a bright red-and-black swastika was painted on the tail.
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Politically Incorrect in Boulder I saw an episode of “Secrets of the Dead” on PBS last weekend, called “What Happened to the Hindenburg?” It was very interesting. It’s the story of Dr. Addison Bain, a retired NASA scientist, researching the disaster. He knows it’s the cause of people’s fears of hydrogen as a potential fuel. He calls it “the fuel of the future”. The investigation that was conducted in the U.S. at the time blamed free hydrogen, presumably from a leak in one of the hydrogen cells in the ship, and possibly a static electricity discharge on the ship, for the explosion.
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This game is now available on Steam! Hindenburg also began carrying a doctor in 1937. This project is dedicated to the memory of 36 victims who perished in the disaster and was developed with respect to the designers, engineers, crew members and generally to all who were able to create and operate the largest flying aircraft ever.
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The Hindenburg Disaster Many hydrogen fuel advocates falsely claim that hydrogen was not responsible for the Hindenburg disaster. In fact, the Hindenburg was just one of dozens of hydrogen airships destroyed by fire as a result of their highly flammable lifting gas.
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What Caused the Hindenburg Disaster What was the cause of the Hindenburg disaster? It is still unknown what caused the Hindenburg to catch fire whilst trying to moor at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey. It is also uncertain which part of the Hindenburg was the initial fuel for the fire, the fabric skin or the hydrogen gas used for buoyancy.
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- The Hinden … burg was originally intended to be filled with helium, but a United States military embargo on helium forced the Germans to modify the design of the ship to use highly flammable hydrogen as the lift gas.
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Hindenburg mystery solved 76 years after historic catastrophe: static electricity caused the airship to explode The mystery of the Hindenburg disaster has finally been solved 76 years after the in-flight exposition occurred. The cause of the May 6, 1937, incident that killed 35 of the 100 passengers and crew members on board was static electricity, says a team of experts who have been looking into the real trigger.
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Hindenburg disaster As the tail of the Hindenburg crashed into the ground, a burst of flame came out of the nose, killing nine of the 12 crew members in the bow. There was still gas in the bow section of the ship, so it continued to point upward as the stern collapsed down.
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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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- This era was rapidly brought to halt, however, by the catastrophic crash of the Hindenburg on 6 May 1937. The exact cause of the fire that destroyed the Hindenburg has never been conclusively determined leading to the variety of theories that exist today. The Hindenburg was the culmination of research into the rigid airship that had first been perfected by Count Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin of Germany around 1900.
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Hindenburg -class airship Hindenburg-class airship. The two Hindenburg-class airships were hydrogen-filled, passenger-carrying rigid airships built in Germany in the 1930s and named in honor of Paul von Hindenburg. They were the last such aircraft ever built, and in terms of their length and volume, the largest Zeppelins ever to fly.
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The Hindenburg Myth The explosion of the luxury airship Hindenburg at Lakehurst, NJ on May 6, 1937, serves as one of the most spectacular moments recorded by the media. The bags of hydrogen that provided the lifting force for the Hindenburg were NOT the main contributor to the fire.
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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. The mystery of the Hindenburg disaster has finally been solved 76 years after the in-flight exposition occurred. The cause of the May 6, 1937, incident that killed 35 of the 100 passengers and crew members on board was static electricity, says a team of experts who have been looking into the real trigger. They say that after the ship flew into a thunderstorm a build up of hydrogen led to the explosion.
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Video: What Really Brought Down theHindenburg? Video: What Really Brought Down the Hindenburg? For 75 years, scientists have wondered what caused the Hindenburg, the world's largest airship, to catch on fire as it landed during a thunderstorm in Lakehurst, New Jersey on May 6, 1937.