> Scott wrote: > It wasn't the hydrogen that destroyed the Hindenburg, it was the magnesium > in the airframe.... >
Well, Addison Bain, former NASA engineer, sort of proved that it was the skin which was coated with, basically, rocket fuel. He showed that when the airship lowered its lines to the ground one of the purposes was to discharge static electricity. That was a good idea except there could be places where the electricity had to jump a gap and, in doing so, ignited the rocket fuel coating. There is some disputing of this but if you watch the tape it seems obvious that the skin of the airship went up like a marshmellow and, since you could see the flames, it wasn't hydrogen that was burning. But who knows. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addison_Bain ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:254342 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
