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may 06 Learn More Hindenburg Disaster


We can all agree that the Hindenburg disaster, which took place on this day in 1937, was a tragedy. Now can we all agree that the Hindenburg was not a blimp? Because it wasn't; it was a zeppelin. What's the difference? Zeppelins have metal frames (and, from 1968 to 1980, the awesome drumming power of John Bonham). Blimps don't.

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