Re: Blimpishness

At 04:34  19/04/02 -0400, Tom wrote:
>PS - Make sure you don't use Hydrogen as lift-gas.... ;)

Actually this is a misconception, the end of the popularity of airship 
travel went down with the Hindenburg and it was assumed that hydrogen
was 
simply too dangerous.

But, as it turns out that is not the case. Research has been done,
finding 
old company records, a piece of the fabric off the "hull" of the 
Hindenburg, and building models of the rear section of the Hindenburg
where 
the fire was reported to has started.

It came down to this, even using hydrogen the Hindenburg was extremely 
unlucky to have gone up the way it did. Sure there would have been a
flame 
jetting from the side of the Hindenburg but not what actually did
happen. 
What really did the Hindinburg in was the paint that covered it's skin. 
Test's were done on the piece of recovered fabric and confirmed via old 
company records, the testers discovered that the paint was in fact the 
equivalent of ROCKET FUEL.

Well there you go.

Cheers

Derek

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