So youtubers.. This is not the Hindenburg II. It is the Hindenburg I (LZ 129).
The Hindenburg II LZ130 operated for several yrs non-commercially..Just for military work such as testing radar. The Hindenburg II never blew-up or exploded or any other spectacular ending. It was taken out of service so it could be dismantled for it's aluminum.
I don't recall whether the Shenandoah vented it's helium. I do recall reading that the Macon had ballast recovery (1 gal per 1.4 gal combusted diesel at optimum)...can't recall on the Akron.. My own thinking is, as expensive as helium was at the time, the ballast recovery technology was very likely utilized from it's inception..in the US rigids.. LZ 129 still used a low tech/low cost rain gutter system..
Hindenburg passengers were the only passenger casualties in 30 years of commercial Zeppelin passenger service — safety record compares favorably to heavier-than-air craft for the period
@railadvocate In fact that is not true, Hugo Eckener had visited the USA to secure Helium. The cost of transport and storage of the Helium and the refusal of the USA to provide the technology to manufacture Helium for themselves frustrated Eckener.
You must remember that the "lifting gas" was vented off into the atmosphere to maintain trim.... the longer the flight, the lighter the airship, the more gas had to be vented. The airship would have to be "topped up" at every destination. But how?
@TheJamesMeister At the time, there was a US fed. law (Helium control act) that dated to WW1 that prohibited Germany from obtaining helium for airships... So that is not true?
I also seem to recall reading that the German Airship co. that built the LZ 129 could not afford ballast recovering technology..So it was apparently an available capability to make transcontinental helium airship flights.. Otherwise they wouldn't have designed it for He in the firstplace..He was not to be vented.
This "video" is a piece of garbage. The HINDENBURG (on the other hand) was a technological marvel, her biggest flaw being the hydrogen gas that was used to inflate her gas cells.
You forgot to mention the flammable paint on her skin. That ship went up like a bomb! All it took to start it was a tiny static spark and a dash of free hydrogen.
yes these airships are rather interesting, I recall seeing one in the sky when I was a young child of about 4 back in very early 80s. But you dont seem to get airships anymore, I suppose there just not needed but why ever do they still refer to them in modern aviation law and training books? are they still being used in some capacity?
One other thing, the Airship at 1:24 is not the real Hindenburg, it's the model used in the 1975 movie (It's at the National Air and Space Museum now). The one at 1:28 is the model built by Revell, constructed by an (Italian, I think), model builder.
There actually was a ship that was suppose to be named the Hindenburg II, slightly larger and carried more people. but after the crash they renamed it Graf Zeppelin II (LZ 130). the military used it to fly around England looking for detection devices such as radar or other signals. Finally broke it up in 1940 for the metal. Hitler never like the craft himself, not good for modern war in his opinion.
That would be the LZ 132, never finished and 8,500,000 cu ft (1.5 million larger then 129 or 130).
But you are correct in a way, I said LZ130 was the GZ 2, should have said LZ131. I have before me "Janes Airships" which gives the particulars, finished 1938, same volume, speed, length and diameter as the LZ 129. have a well stocked Libary on aiships, books, newspapers,mags. and such. Have loved them since I watched them fly durning WW2 off the coast here in the Carolinas as a child.
No, the Graf II was the LZ 130. The LZ 131 and LZ 132 were to be built similarly to the Graf II but much larger. Construction only got to a few rings for the LZ 131.
I meant there isn't anything on record about it being called the Hindenburg II. Books called it a "Super-Hindenburg"
I stand corrected, I blame it on bad eyes and small print. Not many now days are interested in the giants of those days except to point out how dangerious they were, when at the time they were very safe if used properly by trained crews.
To put it simply, drag your feet across the carpet and touch a door knob. You will see a visible spark. The HINDENBURG is you, the clouds and weather is the carpet and the landing ropes hit the ground which acted as the door knob. Now, if your hand is surrounded by free hydrogen, there would be BOOM! The HINDENBURG had a broken spar that ripped a gas cell. The broken spar is also where the ship lost it's grounding. So a free spark erupted in a lot of escaping Hydrogen mixed with air. BOOM!
I find it puzzling. In 1937, the Hindenburg collosol futuristic airplane makes 20 trips across the ocean from Germany to America, and then Boom, Crash, Bam! Explosion! Our relationship with Germany must have been really good. How could just a little over a year, find a war breaking out. I wonder how Hitler took that. Odd but after the war, the US got all the famous Engineer scientists who put our space program together. WE have Germany to thank for pioneering our space program.
So youtubers.. This is not the Hindenburg II. It is the Hindenburg I (LZ 129).
The Hindenburg II LZ130 operated for several yrs non-commercially..Just for military work such as testing radar. The Hindenburg II never blew-up or exploded or any other spectacular ending. It was taken out of service so it could be dismantled for it's aluminum.
zuutlmna 5 months ago
@zuutlmna LZ130 was Graf Zeppelin II not Hindenburg II.
Lancastrian83 5 months ago
@Lancastrian83 Wow! Did I get sucked into the confusion or what!! Duh!! Thanks, Lancastrian83!!
zuutlmna 4 months ago
I don't recall whether the Shenandoah vented it's helium. I do recall reading that the Macon had ballast recovery (1 gal per 1.4 gal combusted diesel at optimum)...can't recall on the Akron.. My own thinking is, as expensive as helium was at the time, the ballast recovery technology was very likely utilized from it's inception..in the US rigids.. LZ 129 still used a low tech/low cost rain gutter system..
zuutlmna 5 months ago
Did any1 notice that burg stayed for longer than the whole name then also disapeared......creepy, burg the jewish name!
Mistafixa101 11 months ago
WTF is up w/ Hindenburg II like there was a second ship. Rohm would spank your bare ass for this organ music. Dracula was a slav rat.
JarJar88forever 1 year ago
Hindenburg passengers were the only passenger casualties in 30 years of commercial Zeppelin passenger service — safety record compares favorably to heavier-than-air craft for the period
eurobubba 1 year ago
why stupid music?
Fokosmok 1 year ago
haha, "final bowser scene"? damn. them japs damn sure know how to tear up an organ. i was gettin chills listening to that organist.
DoobieDude56 1 year ago
holy shit...
purez746 1 year ago
So this is the LZ129 tragedy. Where's the footage on the LZ130 (Hindenburg II)? This is Hindenburg I.
Roosevelt and his handlers would not allow Germany to buy helium for the Airships.
railadvocate 1 year ago
@railadvocate In fact that is not true, Hugo Eckener had visited the USA to secure Helium. The cost of transport and storage of the Helium and the refusal of the USA to provide the technology to manufacture Helium for themselves frustrated Eckener.
You must remember that the "lifting gas" was vented off into the atmosphere to maintain trim.... the longer the flight, the lighter the airship, the more gas had to be vented. The airship would have to be "topped up" at every destination. But how?
TheJamesMeister 1 year ago
@TheJamesMeister So what had Goodyear been running in the Akron and Macon..?
In fact, as soon as the LZ 127 Los Angeles arrived stateside, it was deflated and refilled with what?
railadvocate 1 year ago
@railadvocate My mistake on the LZ 127, that was the Graff.
railadvocate 1 year ago
@railadvocate And #126 was the Los Angeles.
railadvocate 1 year ago
@TheJamesMeister At the time, there was a US fed. law (Helium control act) that dated to WW1 that prohibited Germany from obtaining helium for airships... So that is not true?
I also seem to recall reading that the German Airship co. that built the LZ 129 could not afford ballast recovering technology..So it was apparently an available capability to make transcontinental helium airship flights.. Otherwise they wouldn't have designed it for He in the firstplace..He was not to be vented.
zuutlmna 5 months ago
This "video" is a piece of garbage. The HINDENBURG (on the other hand) was a technological marvel, her biggest flaw being the hydrogen gas that was used to inflate her gas cells.
rickzitarosa 2 years ago
You forgot to mention the flammable paint on her skin. That ship went up like a bomb! All it took to start it was a tiny static spark and a dash of free hydrogen.
droidekabakugan1986 1 year ago
Nice work. Less MMaker sfx, pls and it'd be pro-perfect!
Crashman2 2 years ago
you should change the title because there actually was a Hindenburg No2 airship
maxotromeros 2 years ago
Very sad moment, there was an 8 year old boy in there and that's how it had to end? And when the reporter was crying "OH THE HUMANITY"
bruunsz 2 years ago
yes these airships are rather interesting, I recall seeing one in the sky when I was a young child of about 4 back in very early 80s. But you dont seem to get airships anymore, I suppose there just not needed but why ever do they still refer to them in modern aviation law and training books? are they still being used in some capacity?
c0011y5383 2 years ago
Yes, there are the Zeppelin NTs now. There is one moored in San Francisco and a couple more in Europe.
VampyreScream 2 years ago
i read a document about this and a man survived, the man who survived would balance on buildings and tall lamp posts it was amazing!
rileyzoid123 2 years ago
That was Joseph Spah.
droidekabakugan1986 1 year ago
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cheapchar 3 years ago
One other thing, the Airship at 1:24 is not the real Hindenburg, it's the model used in the 1975 movie (It's at the National Air and Space Museum now). The one at 1:28 is the model built by Revell, constructed by an (Italian, I think), model builder.
PahangDragonbird 3 years ago 2
There actually was a ship that was suppose to be named the Hindenburg II, slightly larger and carried more people. but after the crash they renamed it Graf Zeppelin II (LZ 130). the military used it to fly around England looking for detection devices such as radar or other signals. Finally broke it up in 1940 for the metal. Hitler never like the craft himself, not good for modern war in his opinion.
candr 3 years ago
There was no name for it... It was going to be LZ 131. One person would have named it the Peter Strasser.
PahangDragonbird 3 years ago
That would be the LZ 132, never finished and 8,500,000 cu ft (1.5 million larger then 129 or 130).
But you are correct in a way, I said LZ130 was the GZ 2, should have said LZ131. I have before me "Janes Airships" which gives the particulars, finished 1938, same volume, speed, length and diameter as the LZ 129. have a well stocked Libary on aiships, books, newspapers,mags. and such. Have loved them since I watched them fly durning WW2 off the coast here in the Carolinas as a child.
candr 3 years ago
No, the Graf II was the LZ 130. The LZ 131 and LZ 132 were to be built similarly to the Graf II but much larger. Construction only got to a few rings for the LZ 131.
I meant there isn't anything on record about it being called the Hindenburg II. Books called it a "Super-Hindenburg"
PahangDragonbird 3 years ago
I stand corrected, I blame it on bad eyes and small print. Not many now days are interested in the giants of those days except to point out how dangerious they were, when at the time they were very safe if used properly by trained crews.
candr 3 years ago
and i was talking to u elektra
treno1337 3 years ago
What's the name of the song?
amacharu 3 years ago
lol, its from mario 64, the song which you hear
when you have to fight bowser :P
wouter127 3 years ago
Yeah, the final Bowser battle (Bowser in the Sky), which was different music from the first two.
PahangDragonbird 3 years ago
That's what you get for painting your zeppelin with rocket fuel.
CrissicSolutions 3 years ago
To put it simply, drag your feet across the carpet and touch a door knob. You will see a visible spark. The HINDENBURG is you, the clouds and weather is the carpet and the landing ropes hit the ground which acted as the door knob. Now, if your hand is surrounded by free hydrogen, there would be BOOM! The HINDENBURG had a broken spar that ripped a gas cell. The broken spar is also where the ship lost it's grounding. So a free spark erupted in a lot of escaping Hydrogen mixed with air. BOOM!
ogservice 3 years ago
Great video. The creepy music was a nice touch, too.
RatkoUSA 4 years ago
I find it puzzling. In 1937, the Hindenburg collosol futuristic airplane makes 20 trips across the ocean from Germany to America, and then Boom, Crash, Bam! Explosion! Our relationship with Germany must have been really good. How could just a little over a year, find a war breaking out. I wonder how Hitler took that. Odd but after the war, the US got all the famous Engineer scientists who put our space program together. WE have Germany to thank for pioneering our space program.
birdbath7 4 years ago
Does anyone know what caused the Hindenburg to explode before World War II?
birdbath7 4 years ago
Apparently it was an unfortunate chain of events due to leaking Hydrogen, the grounding ropes becoming 'live' and the rushed attempt to land.
clarejoanne 4 years ago
wooooooooooooooooo1 HINDENBURG DISASTER FOOTEGE WOO HOO LOL SO COOL HITLER DID FAIL WITH THAT THING ANYWAY & I HAVE A TOY HINDENBURG
xXxNoodlezxXx 4 years ago
this has nothing to do with hitler u fuckin ignorant sheep lame faggot why do ignorant idiot like you exist anyway
elektra1984 3 years ago
yes it does u ignorant sheep how do wannabe smart people exist.hmm....its related to hitler because of the...swastika!idiot
treno1337 3 years ago
1937
nintendoplaya878 4 years ago