[geeks] Re: the Hindenburg disaster....

[Greg A. Woods]

[ On Tuesday, June 18, 2002 at 14:05:59 (-0700), Geoff Reed wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: OT: Idiot Accountants (was re: [geeks] combatting smokers)
>
>   Actually it was the powdered aluminum? or was it zinc, i forget that was 
> mixed in with the doping agent for the skin of the Hindenburg that caused 
> it to burn.

Didn't y'all see the recent documentary?  It may have been a combination
of a fuel leak, overheated engines, and structural failure, with the
hydrogen explosion only a secondary (but spectacular) effect.

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