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Originally posted by Don Shillady
A lot of folks born after 1945 did not see that film reel of the Hindenberg as us geezers did. Just as you will never forget the 9/11 pictures of the towers collapsing, older folks will never forget the Hindenberg fire.
now Don, most of us know that hydrogen can cause an explosion under the correct conditions, BUT let's face some facts about this story & i quote
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The Facts on the Hindenburg Disaster:
..1. The bags of hydrogen that provided the lifting force for the Hindenburg were NOT the main contributor to the fire.. The surface of the ship was coated with a combination of dark iron oxide and reflective aluminum paint. These components are extremely flammable and burn at a tremendously energetic rate once ignited. The skin of the airship was ignited by electrical discharge from the clouds while docking during an electrical storm. This reaction has been proven chemically for years, and was demonstrated with actual remnants of the Hindenburg sixty years later, which burned as vigorously as on the day of the disaster.
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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.
read the whole page, cause i even learned something NEW 2day about the history of the Hindenberg fire.