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    What famed airship set the record for most people transported across the Atlantic in a dirigible in 1937?

    Question #75926. Asked by Candi5843. (Feb 16 07 5:17 AM)


    skysmom65

    		Hindenburg

    German dirigible, the largest rigid airship ever constructed, and the victim of a spectacular disaster. The Hindenburg was a 245-metre- (804-foot-) long airship of conventional zeppelin design that was launched at Friedrichshafen, Germany, in March 1936. It had a maximum speed of 135 km (84 miles) per hour and a cruising speed of 126 km (78 miles) per hour. Though it was designed to be filled with helium gas, the airship was filled with highly flammable hydrogen owing to export restrictions by the United States against Nazi Germany. In 1936 the Hindenburg inaugurated commercial air service across the North Atlantic by carrying 1,002 passengers on 10 scheduled round trips between Germany and the United States.
    http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9040511/Hindenburg-disaster

    Feb 16 07, 7:06 AM

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