THE GRAFFITI

n. pl. Graf·fi·ti A drawing or inscription made on a wall or other surface, usually so as to be seen by the public. Often used in the plural.

Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Hindenberg

Hindenberg LZ129 Hindenberg, Zepplin etc. it was H2 filled air ship, for trans atlantic travel. crashed on may 6 1937.
it was a science marvel, and pride of Germany.
It was a brand-new, all-duralumin design: 245.06 m long (804 ft), 41.15 m in diameter (135 ft), containing 200,000 m³ (7,063,000 ft³) of gas in 16 bags or cells, with a useful lift of 112.1 metric tons force (1.099 MN), powered by four reversible 1,200 horsepower (890 kW) Daimler-Benz diesel engines, giving it a maximum speed of 135 km/h (84.4 mph).

The average contemporary blimp is only about 10 % the length of the Hindenburg. The Hindenburg was longer than three Boeing 747s placed end-to-end.
you can have more of Hindenberg info from Wikipedia by the mean time you can have this vedio.

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