[CW] DEKKA Airship Hindenburg and it's LOST Radio History

[David J. J. Ring, Jr.]

Airship Hindenburg/DEKKA , German dirigible, the largest rigid airship 
ever constructed. In 1937 it caught fire and was destroyed; 36 people 
died in the disaster.

Airship Hindenburg/DEKKA  was a 245-metre- (804-foot-) long airship of 
conventional zeppelin design that was launched at Friedrichshafen, 
Germany, in March 1936. It had a maximum speed of 135 km (84 miles) per 
hour and a cruising speed of 126 km (78 miles) per hour. Though it was 
designed to be filled with helium gas, the airship was filled with 
highly flammable hydrogen because of export restrictions by the United 
States against Nazi Germany. In 1936 the Hindenburg inaugurated 
commercial air service across the North Atlantic by carrying 1,002 
passengers on 10 scheduled round trips between Germany and the United 
States.Witness the explosion of the “Hindenburg” at Lakehurst, New 
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On May 6, 1937, while landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, on the second of 
its scheduled 1937 transatlantic crossings, the Hindenburg burst into 
flames and was completely destroyed. Of the 97 persons aboard, 35 were 
killed. One member of the ground crew also perished. The fire was 
officially attributed to a discharge of atmospheric electricity in the 
vicinity of a hydrogen gas leak from the airship, though it was 
speculated that the dirigible had been the victim of an anti-Nazi act of 
sabotage. The Hindenburg disaster, which was recorded on film and on 
phonograph disc, marked the end of the use of rigid airships in 
commercial air transportation.

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