skyking3286
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A nice piece (next week's NOVA is on electrical aircraft and the new designs) on the Hindenberg and a very recently discovered new angle on the crash. This is a side view never seen in public before and while its missing the first few seconds of the fire, it's obvious that the aft section is first to go. The back of the plane broke in half in mid-air, the fire went forward through the crew passageway to the nose area, one bag exploded on the way down. . . and just how filled with electrical energy the whole craft was as the lines hit the ground and became a ground. Things you didn't know as well before this footage came to light:
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/hindenburg-the-new-evidence/
What is also worthy of praise is how quickly the cabin crew was starting to drop water out of the front end of the craft and tried to trim it correctly with a deck angle that was nearly 45%. A pretty quick response. If you think of the three second rule for reacting to an engine out, they did pretty good getting things in motion as the Hindenburg pitched up. Just when you think you have seen it all . .
Still shot from the footage:
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertain...-released-footage/ar-BB1gUKEQ?ocid=uxbndlbing
And the NOVA part that has the footage:
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/hindenburg-the-new-evidence/
What is also worthy of praise is how quickly the cabin crew was starting to drop water out of the front end of the craft and tried to trim it correctly with a deck angle that was nearly 45%. A pretty quick response. If you think of the three second rule for reacting to an engine out, they did pretty good getting things in motion as the Hindenburg pitched up. Just when you think you have seen it all . .
Still shot from the footage:
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertain...-released-footage/ar-BB1gUKEQ?ocid=uxbndlbing
And the NOVA part that has the footage:
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