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The Impact Of Hindenburg On Society
Introduction paragraph.The impact that the hindenburg had on society was huge but the disaster itself was a major problem the fact that a few mistakes caused so much of a loss, Henri Giffard a man from france was the first to create this airship in 1853. The airship only flew at a speed of about six miles per hour. Germany did not manufacture this until about a century later. The main cause of this was that a small gas leak had formed the ropes completed a circuit when touching the ground which made a spark causing the paint to ignite and eventually burned through to the gas. Lightning could be the cause or one of the causes of this disaster, yet the hindenburg has been hit by lightning multiple times and been fine with barely any damages

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