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LZ 129 Hindenburg

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LZ 129 Hindenburg (Luftschiff Zeppelin #129; Registration: D-LZ 129) was a German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship, the lead ship of the Hindenburg class, the longest class of flying machine and the largest airship by envelope volume. It was designed and built by the Zeppelin Company (Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH) on the shores of Lake Constance in Friedrichshafen, Germany, and was operated by the German Zeppelin Airline Company (Deutsche Zeppelin-Reederei). It was named after Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg, President of Germany from 1925 until his death in 1934.

The airship flew from March 1936 until it was destroyed by fire 14 months later on May 6, 1937 while attempting to land at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in Manchester Township, New Jersey, at the end of the first North American transatlantic journey of her second season of service. This was the last of the great airship disasters; it was preceded by the crashes of the British R38, the US airship Roma, the French Dixmude, the British R101, and the USS Akron.

General Characteristics

  • Successors 1 airplane(s)
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  • Wingspan 153.8ft (46.9m)
  • Length 803.8ft (245.0m)
  • Height 147.7ft (45.0m)
  • Empty Weight N/A
  • Loaded Weight 7,116lbs (3,228kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.375
  • Wing Loading 24.2lbs/ft2 (117.9kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 294.7ft2 (27.4m2)
  • Drag Points 27727

Parts

  • Number of Parts 140
  • Control Surfaces 7
  • Performance Cost 593
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    @screechy oh yea i misspelled it

    +1 3 months ago
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    5,777 Alternation

    @HikariZokinerfar the Hindenburg actually intended to use helium but that it didnt have a sufficient amount of helium available, they actually use hydrogen which is a very flammable gas

    3 months ago
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    @Majakalona well that time the usa was the one with most helium but it didnt want to share so de Hindenburg used helium to float but that was easily flamable so if there was a fire the same thing would happen

    +1 4 months ago
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    31.0k Majakalona

    So uhhh
    What happens when theres a fire?

    6 months ago
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    oh thou indignity

    8 months ago
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    OH THE HUMANITY

    +3 1.8 years ago
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    2,720 Wywtt080

    Fix This Please Because My Device Can't Handle This.

    +1 2.1 years ago
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    Can you make a vought f4u coscair :3

    +2 2.4 years ago
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    Bout damm time you make a zeppelin

    +1 2.4 years ago
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    4,160 Jaspy190

    Can we get a A6M revamp? Please and Thank You in advance.

    +1 2.4 years ago