What Happened to the Hindenburg? (Air Disaster)

MYS189: The Hindenburg was one of the most impressive airships ever to fly, and when it crashed in 1937, it shocked the world. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the Hindenburg crash, what happened to make it explode, and whether there was sabotage or even a coverup of the facts of the tragedy.

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Links for this episode:

* Michael McCarthy’s book The Hidden Hindenburg

* 2021 NOVA episode

* Margaret Mather’s article “I Was on the Hindenburg”

* The Hindenburg

* The Hindenburg disaster

* Faces of the Hindenburg

* History of Ballooning

* Francesco Lana de Terzi

* Bartolomeu de Gusmao

* Henri Giffard

* Solomon Andrews

* Ferdinand von Zeppelin

* Airship

* Nighttime video of Sanyo Blimp

* Dan Grossman’s synch of the audio and video of the Hindenburg disaster

* Secrets of Doctor Who R101 disaster

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