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5 unusual facts about LZ 129 Hindenburg


Harold G. Dick

Harold Gustav "Hal" Dick (January 19, 1907 – September 3, 1997) was an American mechanical engineer employed by Goodyear, who flew on almost all of the Hindenburg flights.

Munchie Strikes Back

The tribunal proceeds to blame Munchie for a number of historical calamities, including the sinking of Atlantis, the crash of the Hindenburg, the catacylism of Vesuvius, the meltdown of Chernobyl.

S.F. Sorrow

Sorrow's fiancée travels by a balloon, the Windenberg (Hindenburg) to join him, but it bursts into flame at arrival ("Balloon Burning"), killing all aboard.

The Never War

Bobby and Gunny return to First Earth, only to find that Spader and Rose have gone ahead, seeking to stop Winn Farrow from shooting a firework rocket into Hindenburg.

Time for Bed

Gabe’s mother spends her life talking about and collecting memorabilia of the LZ 129 Hindenburg, an airship designed by her own father, while their father spends his life swearing loudly at his wife at their home at 22 Salmon Street, Wembley Park.


Aluminized cloth

The Hindenburg airship was treated in this way and it has been suggested that the aluminium powder made the skin more combustible and so caused or contributed to the Hindenburg disaster.

Zeppelin Museum Zeppelinheim

The transport airships Graf Zeppelin and Hindenburg, as well as the second Graf Zeppelin (LZ 130), were based near the present site of the museum, on a site later occupied by the Rhein-Main Air Base.


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