Comments on: The Hindenburg Disaster http://www.airships.net The Graf Zeppelin, Hindenburg, U.S. Navy Airships, and other Dirigibles Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:24:21 -0600 hourly 1 By: Jerry Davis http://www.airships.net/hindenburg/disaster#comment-3321 Jerry Davis Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:02:46 +0000 http://www.airships.net/?page_id=1853#comment-3321 It was kicked up by a static spark. It was kicked up by a static spark.

]]> By: jdog http://www.airships.net/hindenburg/disaster#comment-3116 jdog Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:41:35 +0000 http://www.airships.net/?page_id=1853#comment-3116 it was a tragerdy it was horrable my grandpa was in that crash or at least near it wene it happend... :-C it was a tragerdy it was horrable my grandpa was in that crash or at least near it wene it happend… :-C

]]> By: Jessie C. http://www.airships.net/hindenburg/disaster#comment-2737 Jessie C. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:35:47 +0000 http://www.airships.net/?page_id=1853#comment-2737 Es tan triste. Cuando me enteré de que yo no lo creía, pero lo que realmente pasó. A veces es difícil recordar que las personas que eran de verdad con la vida real y los sueños y esperanzas y no sólo en las estadísticas de nuestros libros de historia. ~Jessie España~ Es tan triste. Cuando me enteré de que yo no lo creía, pero lo que realmente pasó. A veces es difícil recordar que las personas que eran de verdad con la vida real y los sueños y esperanzas y no sólo en las estadísticas de nuestros libros de historia.

~Jessie
España~

]]> By: LELe http://www.airships.net/hindenburg/disaster#comment-2179 LELe Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:22:50 +0000 http://www.airships.net/?page_id=1853#comment-2179 it was because of the hydrogen and the coating of the paint; there was a gas leak and it caught on fire -.- it was NOT sabotaged. i just get annoyed w/ all the miths it was because of the hydrogen and the coating of the paint; there was a gas leak and it caught on fire -.- it was NOT sabotaged. i just get annoyed w/ all the miths

]]> By: drew holguin http://www.airships.net/hindenburg/disaster#comment-2171 drew holguin Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:18:50 +0000 http://www.airships.net/?page_id=1853#comment-2171 last night i was waching goast hunnters and there envestation they showed this disaster on the show i said to my mom i will go to libary to surch but got on the internet i love this it is sad about what happened to all of the peole.R.I.P all of you guys how died on the disaster. last night i was waching goast hunnters and there envestation they showed this disaster on the show i said to my mom i will go to libary to surch but got on the internet i love this it is sad about what happened to all of the peole.R.I.P all of you guys how died on the disaster.

]]> By: Hartmut Rast http://www.airships.net/hindenburg/disaster#comment-2055 Hartmut Rast Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:46:48 +0000 http://www.airships.net/?page_id=1853#comment-2055 Recently, I watched the documentary by Ditteke Mensik about the Graf Zeppelin LZ 127, the first airship to circumnavigate the world in 1929 and got so interested in the life of Lady Grace Hay Drummond-Hay and her companion Karl Henry von Wiegand that I am now being very happy to have found your website with all those amazing information. I would never have thought before that the story about the Zeppelin's keep my attention that long. Seeing the documentary about the Hindenburg disaster at Lakehurst gives me always goose-pimples and it makes me sad that it can be seen as an audition to the then following catastrophic events of WW II. You are doing a great job at airships and I am thanking you for your committments and so creating possibilities for younger generations to dwell on history. Recently, I watched the documentary by Ditteke Mensik about the Graf Zeppelin LZ 127, the first airship to circumnavigate the world in 1929 and got so interested in the life of Lady Grace Hay Drummond-Hay and her companion Karl Henry von Wiegand that I am now being very happy to have found your website with all those amazing information. I would never have thought before that the story about the Zeppelin’s keep my attention that long. Seeing the documentary about the Hindenburg disaster at Lakehurst gives me always goose-pimples and it makes me sad that it can be seen as an audition to the then following catastrophic events of WW II. You are doing a great job at airships and I am thanking you for your committments and so creating possibilities for younger generations to dwell on history.

]]> By: Robert James http://www.airships.net/hindenburg/disaster#comment-1917 Robert James Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:10:44 +0000 http://www.airships.net/?page_id=1853#comment-1917 James Cameron should do the remake of the 1975 film of The Hindenburg. -RJ James Cameron should do the remake of the 1975
film of The Hindenburg.

-RJ

]]> By: Ted Millich http://www.airships.net/hindenburg/disaster#comment-1822 Ted Millich Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:00:43 +0000 http://www.airships.net/?page_id=1853#comment-1822 From what I've read, what happened to the Hindenburg caused the public to support the zeppelin cause even more and the newspapers called for the U.S. to change it's 1927 Helium act banning the selling of helium to foreign countries so that Germany could receive helium. Dr. Eckener makes the argument in his book that it was the nazis and the war that brought the zeppelin enterprise to an end. There certainly are plenty of examples of people saying, after May 7th, 1937 that they'd gladly fly on a zeppelin again - even one inflated with hydrogen. Two examples that I know I've recently read are Lady Hay-Drummond Hay and Werner Franz, the cabin boy. I think it's a bit inaccurate to say that the Hindenburg fire caused the end of the zeppelin, but it's been repeated so many times that it's accepted as gospel. From what I’ve read, what happened to the Hindenburg caused the public to support the zeppelin cause even more and the newspapers called for the U.S. to change it’s 1927 Helium act banning the selling of helium to foreign countries so that Germany could receive helium. Dr. Eckener makes the argument in his book that it was the nazis and the war that brought the zeppelin enterprise to an end. There certainly are plenty of examples of people saying, after May 7th, 1937 that they’d gladly fly on a zeppelin again – even one inflated with hydrogen. Two examples that I know I’ve recently read are Lady Hay-Drummond Hay and Werner Franz, the cabin boy.

I think it’s a bit inaccurate to say that the Hindenburg fire caused the end of the zeppelin, but it’s been repeated so many times that it’s accepted as gospel.

]]> By: Kristie Grossman http://www.airships.net/hindenburg/disaster#comment-1781 Kristie Grossman Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:03:32 +0000 http://www.airships.net/?page_id=1853#comment-1781 My grandmother was there and witnessed this event happen when she was a young girl. She is dead now but what she did say she was standing and watching it come in and saw it exploded. I wish she would have said more but I was very young when she told me so I think she kept the gorry details out of it since I was little. Her name was Emma and I think she was around 12-15 years old at this time. My grandmother was there and witnessed this event happen when she was a young girl. She is dead now but what she did say she was standing and watching it come in and saw it exploded. I wish she would have said more but I was very young when she told me so I think she kept the gorry details out of it since I was little. Her name was Emma and I think she was around 12-15 years old at this time.

]]> By: Kevin C. http://www.airships.net/hindenburg/disaster#comment-1487 Kevin C. Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:55:19 +0000 http://www.airships.net/?page_id=1853#comment-1487 In response to the reply of Bobby Perry. I find it fascinating (as I'm sure you do) to think of the psychological impact of news and especially visual news (via still or moving images). You mention the Hudson River airline "disaster." That was no disaster. That was a miracle. No one died, they simply exited to the plane's wings and walked off into boats that were nearby (it was NYC, lots of ready boats, etc.). It was a made-for-TV event, as they say. And people saw a dramatic rescue without loss of life. This must have been a big win for the airline industry and "Sully" was hailed as a Natonal Hero (he is, not any doubt of that). Airlines do as much as possible to keep disasters with loss of life/violent crashes out of the news, especially out of the visible news. In this day and age. Imagine the impact of those photographs of the Hindenburg disaster in its day. Utter horror. They are still very dramatic today. I can imagine the Space Shuttle disaster as an equivalent in modern times but even that didn't have the impact of the Hindenburg news coverage. I am an amateur photographer and would like to become paid for what I do. I am in awe of the photos of the Hindenburg disaster. I'm sure someone was paid a fortune for those photos. They are incredibly horrible. In that day and age, with visible (and even audible) news coverage of that disaster, I am sure that very very few people would ever have boarded a Zeppelin again. Those photos are one in a million. For a photographer, it was the right time, right place. Dramatic loss of life imminence is excellent material for a news photographer. The Titanic was also a major disaster. It did not kill an industry. There was basically no news coverage at all photographically or in video. And little news at all until days later. And ship travel is not thought of as inherently dangerous as air travel. (Even today it isn't despite the presence of rogue waves and pirates!). Imagine the value of a set of news photos of that disaster. Or a film. Incredible. I am sorry there is no airship industry. I've always wondered what it would have been like to fly on a modernized airship. I wish I had connections and could hitch a ride sometime on the Goodyear Blimp. It would be wonderful! At any rate, I do believe the photos/news coverage made all too real the horrors of the airship industry for millions of people. Perhaps not solely, but in concert with other airship incidents it did kill off an industry overnight. Just my thoughts. I'm drawn to the Hindenburg and Titanic events more than others of the 20th from time to time. Major events of the day, and these two stand out above others. In response to the reply of Bobby Perry. I find it fascinating (as I’m sure you do) to think of the psychological impact of news and especially visual news (via still or moving images). You mention the Hudson River airline “disaster.” That was no disaster. That was a miracle. No one died, they simply exited to the plane’s wings and walked off into boats that were nearby (it was NYC, lots of ready boats, etc.). It was a made-for-TV event, as they say. And people saw a dramatic rescue without loss of life. This must have been a big win for the airline industry and “Sully” was hailed as a Natonal Hero (he is, not any doubt of that). Airlines do as much as possible to keep disasters with loss of life/violent crashes out of the news, especially out of the visible news. In this day and age. Imagine the impact of those photographs of the Hindenburg disaster in its day. Utter horror. They are still very dramatic today.

I can imagine the Space Shuttle disaster as an equivalent in modern times but even that didn’t have the impact of the Hindenburg news coverage. I am an amateur photographer and would like to become paid for what I do. I am in awe of the photos of the Hindenburg disaster. I’m sure someone was paid a fortune for those photos. They are incredibly horrible. In that day and age, with visible (and even audible) news coverage of that disaster, I am sure that very very few people would ever have boarded a Zeppelin again. Those photos are one in a million. For a photographer, it was the right time, right place. Dramatic loss of life imminence is excellent material for a news photographer.

The Titanic was also a major disaster. It did not kill an industry. There was basically no news coverage at all photographically or in video. And little news at all until days later. And ship travel is not thought of as inherently dangerous as air travel. (Even today it isn’t despite the presence of rogue waves and pirates!). Imagine the value of a set of news photos of that disaster. Or a film. Incredible.

I am sorry there is no airship industry. I’ve always wondered what it would have been like to fly on a modernized airship. I wish I had connections and could hitch a ride sometime on the Goodyear Blimp. It would be wonderful!

At any rate, I do believe the photos/news coverage made all too real the horrors of the airship industry for millions of people. Perhaps not solely, but in concert with other airship incidents it did kill off an industry overnight.

Just my thoughts. I’m drawn to the Hindenburg and Titanic events more than others of the 20th from time to time. Major events of the day, and these two stand out above others.

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