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120 - The Hindenburg Disaster
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Oh the humanity! A new episode has landed (crashed). It's one of the most documented disasters of the 20th Century, but what really happened to The Hindenburg? What could possibly bring down the largest vessel that has ever flown? An acrobat, Nazis and a boy with the best name we have ever come across... this story has it all.
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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
https://www.space.com/16595-montgolfiers-first-balloon-flight.html
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ferdinand-Graf-von-Zeppelin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airship_accidents
http://mentalfloss.com/article/19442/blimp-vs-zeppelin-whats-difference
http://www.airships.net/hindenburg/disaster/
http://www.history.com/news/the-hindenburg-disaster-9-surprising-facts
https://www.livescience.com/58959-hindenburg-crash.html
http://www.unmuseum.org/mob/hindenburg.htm
Seconds From Disaster (National Geographic)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V14MgfKNnc
http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/a-very-brief-history-of-airships/
http://www.zeppelinhistory.com/rigid-airships-history/history-of-rigid-airships/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindenburg_disaster#Lightning_hypothesis
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/hindenburg-mystery-solved-after-76-years-8517996.html