He perished in the accident. Of the 17,000-odd pieces of Hindenburg correspondence, roughly 360 withstood the flames, which rose 1,000 feet. Some postcards and envelopes had been placed in a ...

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The hydrogen airship, popular in the early 20th century, ended abruptly after the Hindenburg disaster in 1937 due to the use of explosive hydrogen gas, marking its downfall.

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We haven’t seen airships in our skies since the days of the Hindenburg disaster – a German airship that caught fire in the skies over New Jersey. But has airship technology matured?