At the time, the Hindenburg was supposed to be ushering in a new age of airship travel. But the crash instead brought the age to an abrupt end, making way for the age of passenger airplanes. The crash was the first massive technological disaster caught on film, and the scene became embe...
Hindenburg, German dirigible, the largest rigid airship ever constructed. In 1937 it caught fire and was destroyed; 36 people died in the disaster. The Hindenburg was a 245-metre- (804-foot-) long airship of conventional zeppelin design that was launched
The Hindenburg omen—named after a flaming disaster— is a technical indicator designed to signal the increased likelihood of a stock market crash. It compares the percentage of new 52-week highs and new 52-week lows in stock prices to a preset reference percentage (typically 2.2%) to predict...
Advertisement Thirty-six of those aboard had been killed. The Hindenburg was to have been the flagship of what was envisioned as a fleet of dirigibles. At the time of the disaster--the $3-million airship’s 37th crossing of the Atlantic--bigger and more expensive dirigibles were on German...
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