Last survivor of an aviation mishap 82 years ago passes

[PeterNSteinmetz]

Werner Doehner, Last Survivor of the Hindenburg Disaster, Dies at Age 90

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smar...st-hindenburg-survivor-has-died-90-180973574/

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[Zeldman]

Interesting, thanks for posting.

 

[Weekend Warrior]

Interesting article. I will pick one nit with the article:
“As the Hindenburg started approaching Lakehurst, Doehner’s father pulled out his video camera to film the ground below.”

 

[jsstevens]

Interesting article. I will pick one nit with the article:
“As the Hindenburg started approaching Lakehurst, Doehner’s father pulled out his video camera to film the ground below.”

The Germans were way ahead of their time...

 

[Weekend Warrior]

The Germans were way ahead of their time...

Maybe he wanted to video the ground crew shutting down the zeppelin turbines.

 

[SFDukie]

Interesting article. I will pick one nit with the article:
“As the Hindenburg started approaching Lakehurst, Doehner’s father pulled out his video camera to film the ground below.”

And I’ll pick another nit- “powered by hydrogen gas”
Buoyant due to... sure. Diesel burned in Daimler Benz 16 cylinder engines powered it.