Airlander

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Wed Aug 24, 16 12:58 pm

Looks like the flying Bum has crash landed on its 2nd test flight.

I imagine it will be a soft landing......

mad machs · Post by **mad machs** » Wed Aug 24, 16 1:48 pm

drewcrane · Post by **drewcrane** » Wed Aug 24, 16 2:09 pm

Pete wrote:Looks like the flying Bum has crash landed on its 2nd test flight.

I imagine it will be a soft landing......

I see the cockpit was damaged

mad machs · Post by **mad machs** » Wed Aug 24, 16 2:19 pm

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... oyage.html

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Wed Aug 24, 16 6:05 pm

I wonder how many people get the Manitee joke; very good.

drewcrane · Post by **drewcrane** » Wed Aug 24, 16 8:39 pm

Pete wrote:I wonder how many people get the Manitee joke; very good.

Not me

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Wed Aug 24, 16 9:39 pm

Drew - Watch the actual footage of the Hindenburg incident at Lakehurst in Manchester Township, New Jersey. Listen to the broadcast, quite harrowing really....

drewcrane · Post by **drewcrane** » Thu Aug 25, 16 4:52 am

Pete wrote:Drew - Watch the actual footage of the Hindenburg incident at Lakehurst in Manchester Township, New Jersey. Listen to the broadcast, quite harrowing really....

here is what I watched,

in modern time it reminds me of the challenger disaster

Post by **TyreFryer** » Thu Aug 25, 16 10:50 am

This is what you want Drew,

Listen from 4:30 onwards but the reference is at about 5:30, humorous though?!?

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Thu Aug 25, 16 11:46 am

Play on words, "Oh the humanity". yea not exactly a thigh slapper....

mad machs · Post by **mad machs** » Thu Aug 25, 16 2:18 pm

Hey, it's an internet Meme, and I don't make the rules. Plus it could've been worse, much worse

Some based on 'The Humidity' 'The Economy' etc etc .

Anyhow that aside, the conspiracy theories still echo on the cause of the Hindenburg disaster, sabotage, the outer skin spontaneously igniting, a carelessly discarded cigarette.
Obviously being puffed up with hydrogen didn't help.

Post by **TyreFryer** » Thu Aug 25, 16 3:34 pm

I heard it was designed to run on helium but the USA wouldn't sell them it, so they had to use hydrogen, don't know how true that is?

drewcrane · Post by **drewcrane** » Thu Aug 25, 16 7:27 pm

TyreFryer wrote:This is what you want Drew,

Listen from 4:30 onwards but the reference is at about 5:30, humorous though?!?

Pretty emotional every time I hear it,still sends a shiver