120 - The Hindenburg Disaster

Oh the humanity! It's one of the most documented disasters of the 20th Century, but what really happened to The Hindenburg? On this episode Dave totally nerds out and gives a brief history of airships before going on to describe the final fateful journey of the largest flying vessel ever. What could possibly bring down something that big? An acrobat, Nazis and a boy named Werner Doehner.. this story has it all. 

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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING

https://www.space.com/16595-montgolfiers-first-balloon-flight.html

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ferdinand-Graf-von-Zeppelin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airship_accidents

http://mentalfloss.com/article/19442/blimp-vs-zeppelin-whats-difference

http://www.airships.net/hindenburg/disaster/

http://www.history.com/news/the-hindenburg-disaster-9-surprising-facts

https://www.livescience.com/58959-hindenburg-crash.html

http://www.unmuseum.org/mob/hindenburg.htm

Seconds From Disaster (National Geographic)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V14MgfKNnc

http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/a-very-brief-history-of-airships/

http://www.zeppelinhistory.com/rigid-airships-history/history-of-rigid-airships/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindenburg_disaster#Lightning_hypothesis

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/hindenburg-mystery-solved-after-76-years-8517996.html

https://www.businessinsider.com.au/how-the-hindenburg-changed-aviation-history-photos-2013-5?r=US&IR=T#within-a-few-years-transatlantic-airplane-flight-became-economical-and-safe-and-airships-were-consigned-to-history-17

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/hindenburg-disaster-80th-anniversary-last-survivor-werner-doehner-zeppelin-air-on-fire-lakehurst-new-a7719096.html

PEOPLE ON BOARD:

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Dova

http://facesofthehindenburg.blogspot.com.au/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Pruss#Hindenburg_disaster


INTERIOR AND PHOTOS:

http://www.airships.net/hindenburg/interiors/