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Re: Hindenberg
Posted by Mitch [Email] (more from Mitch) on Sat, 20 Nov 2010 08:39:38
In Reply to: Hindenberg, RS
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Hindenburg was designed to fly with helium, which is inert, but slightly
heavier. The U.S. airline industry successfully lobbied Congress NOT to sell(under the guise of military fears)helium to the Germans. At that time the airship was better at flying the Atlantic than prop planes.
The Luftshiffbau Zeppelin Co. operated hydrogen filled airships for three decades flying millions of miles with no fatalities until the disaster at Lakehurst(thirteen paying passengers lost their lives). After her test flight, Hindenburg was considered by LZ to finally be the perfect design-smooth, efficient and profitable. There is now an LZ(yes they still exist!) designed and built zeppelin operating tours in the Grand Canyon(flying with helium of course).
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