81 years ago today: Left side view of the German airship Zeppelin LZ 129 “Hindenburg” burning at Lakehurst, New Jersey, May 6, 1937. In this photo, the rear half of the ship is on fire but the ship is still above the ground; nose is pitched sharply upwards. [2967 x 2044]
They made a giant frame out of balsa wood, covered it in canvas painted with oxidizer and then filled it with hydrogen gas.
Since that fateful day, there have been few if any attempts to push the definition of the word “flammable” further than the Hindenburg did.
Frankengregor
Cleave and cleave have opposite definitions.
Lagalmeslam
Not to worry, we are still flying half a ship
eat_your_brains
My grandmother was a reporter for the Star Ledger newspaper. She was there to witness this.
Cornholio94
I drive past the naval air station every day for work, pretty surreal to live next to a site of a historical event
JustBlewMyLoad
OH THE HUMANITY. Yea dude we’re doin just fine. We been doin just fine.
lilobrother
Probably the wrong place to ask this question but was the swastika a feared symbol at this time? I know the flags hung from the Hindenburg’s fins but knowing that the burning was in New Jersey I wonder if the symbol held the same meaning of hatred and oppression to at least some people in the word that it would only years later.
TheMadmanAndre
They made a giant frame out of balsa wood, covered it in canvas painted with oxidizer and then filled it with hydrogen gas.
Since that fateful day, there have been few if any attempts to push the definition of the word “flammable” further than the Hindenburg did.
Frankengregor
Cleave and cleave have opposite definitions.
Lagalmeslam
Not to worry, we are still flying half a ship
eat_your_brains
My grandmother was a reporter for the Star Ledger newspaper. She was there to witness this.
Cornholio94
I drive past the naval air station every day for work, pretty surreal to live next to a site of a historical event
JustBlewMyLoad
OH THE HUMANITY. Yea dude we’re doin just fine. We been doin just fine.
lilobrother
Probably the wrong place to ask this question but was the swastika a feared symbol at this time? I know the flags hung from the Hindenburg’s fins but knowing that the burning was in New Jersey I wonder if the symbol held the same meaning of hatred and oppression to at least some people in the word that it would only years later.