Today in history...... 1937...... New Jersey.
The Hindenburg goes up in flames.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-hindenburg-disaster
Did you know:
Despite being filled with 7 million cubic feet of highly combustible hydrogen gas, the Hindenburg featured a smoking room. Passengers were unable to bring matches and personal lighters aboard the zeppelin, but they could buy cigarettes and Cuban cigars on board and light up in a room pressurized to prevent any hydrogen from entering. A steward admitted passengers and crew through a double-door airlock into the smokers’ lounge, which had a single electric lighter, and made sure no one left with a lit cigarette or pipe.
Zeppelins pioneered airmail service across the Atlantic, and the Hindenburg carried approximately 17,000 pieces of correspondence on its final voyage. Amazingly, 176 pieces stored in a protective container survived the crash and were postmarked four days after the disaster. The pieces, charred but still readable, are among the world’s most valuable philatelic artifacts.
(https://www.history.com/news/the-hindenburg-disaster-9-surprising-facts)
One of my bucket list items is to fly aboard a blimp -- preferably the Snoopy one....... but I am not picky. Just as long as there's no hydrogen aboard.
Grace & Peace & Love to you all -
Matt
The Hindenburg goes up in flames.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-hindenburg-disaster
Did you know:
Despite being filled with 7 million cubic feet of highly combustible hydrogen gas, the Hindenburg featured a smoking room. Passengers were unable to bring matches and personal lighters aboard the zeppelin, but they could buy cigarettes and Cuban cigars on board and light up in a room pressurized to prevent any hydrogen from entering. A steward admitted passengers and crew through a double-door airlock into the smokers’ lounge, which had a single electric lighter, and made sure no one left with a lit cigarette or pipe.
Zeppelins pioneered airmail service across the Atlantic, and the Hindenburg carried approximately 17,000 pieces of correspondence on its final voyage. Amazingly, 176 pieces stored in a protective container survived the crash and were postmarked four days after the disaster. The pieces, charred but still readable, are among the world’s most valuable philatelic artifacts.
(https://www.history.com/news/the-hindenburg-disaster-9-surprising-facts)
One of my bucket list items is to fly aboard a blimp -- preferably the Snoopy one....... but I am not picky. Just as long as there's no hydrogen aboard.
Grace & Peace & Love to you all -
Matt