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When Hollywood Ruled The Skies - Volumes 1 through 4 by Bruce Oriss


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PostPosted: Tue Nov 23, 2021 1:37 pm 
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A few weeks ago I recorded another show related to Hindenburg, but only just got around to watching it. Another PBS series "Secrets of the Dead", titled "Hindenburg's Fatal Flaws" turned out to be an excellent companion piece to the NOVA offering. A sparse initial flight test regimen before being pressed into service, a rather large error in fitting the fabric skin, and flawed gas bag mods and repairs among a few other shortsights add up to a mix heading for disaster. The full episode can be viewed at the following link...
http://www.pbs.org/video/hindenburgs-fa ... ws-ufjqc7/

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OD/NG wrote:
Excellent documentary that I really enjoyed. The best part for me was the newly released film footage of the explosion from a different angle that we are all used to seeing. That was like seeing the JFK assassination from another angle - really riveting stuff. Here is an excerpt of that:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFCgipjR2ow&t=2s

Good job on the documentary by the producers. Though the "wet ropes" theory has been around for a while, it was nice seeing it validated by scientific rigor as presented in this documentary.

As a fan of LZ-129 history, I would love to see a Mark Allen Hindenburg thread with high res photos, hint, hint. :)

Wow. :|
I'm not understanding how 2/3 of the passengers and crew survived....

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