Name: What happened to the Hindenburg?
Uploaded: 2021-01-20T17:48:59.000Z
Duration: 9 min 19 s
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- [Jared] The Hindenburg is the famous airship

that met its fiery death in the year 1937.

Adverbs of manner

Surprisingly, more than half of the people on board

In this video, I want to take you on a detailed tour

and why they are mostly a thing of the past.

and steering was near impossible at first.

A man by the name of Count Zeppelin created his own company

and helped perfect the design of airships.

At the time, passenger air travel was not commonplace yet,

so this was the fastest way to travel across the ocean.

It was about twice as fast as an ocean liner.

Construction of the Hindenburg was completed in 1936.

To this day, it's still the largest flying object

It was built in Germany and funded by the Nazis,

which is why the swastika is on the tail.

If we remove these, you can see the frame of the ship.

The B deck is where the passengers board the airship.

There's angled windows to get a panoramic view

of the scene below, bathrooms, areas for the crew,

It was pressurized so that there was no chance

We'll talk more about this gas later in the video.

which is where the passengers spent most of their time.

There are more windows on both sides of the ship.

and the lounge area, complete with a grand piano.

Normally, grand pianos can weigh as much as 1,000 pounds,

but that's a lot of weight to put in an airship.

The passenger cabins have two bunks each,

and the dining room was on the other side.

So now we've seen all the areas where passengers can go.

Let's see where the crew members could go.

the keel corridor, which led to a walkway

This is the rudder wheel, which helps move the ship

to the left or right by controlling the rudders

Ideally, we want the ship as level as possible

This is done by the elevators on the very back.

so that they are close to the control car.

Along the side of the ship are four engine cars

with propellers to help move the ship forward.

There was always a crew member stationed at each engine car

This walkway is how the crew could get to the engine car.

Along the keel corridor are several shafts with ladders

so the crew members could climb up higher.

These shafts were also used to ventilate gas.

This walkway through the center of the ship

These 16 gas cells are what hold the ship up in the air.

The cells were originally intended to be filled with helium,

If we look at the periodic table of elements,

which means it will provide the most lift.

Unfortunately, it's also highly flammable,

so the intent with the Hindenburg was to actually

use helium, slightly heavier, but also much safer.

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What happened to the Hindenburg?

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