What Destroyed The Hindenburg

[chrissa1]

Anyone watching this? It's been very interesting....St Elmo's Fire.

[Old_Geezer]

See ? You just can't trust these saints !

[chrissa1]

Ha ha ha.

[bundleone]

Yes, interesting,

[Peter Pedant]

The one a few years ago which they mention, I thought was better.

That one was less experimental and more archeological and document based.
That started off from the premiss that the hydrogen flame is blue and not yellow and so should not have triggered the silver on the black and white film

they then dug up some of the covering from whatsit field and found the canvas really did have anti-static covering - aluminium powder. whoops !

and incinerated the canvas burned with a yellow flame

so everyone was looking happy until the last scene
when someone said - we have the confidential report on the file in German from 1938 and it says..... it must have been the covering.
The room fell silent.

good

in today's prog when the 8 y old reported the blue flame I thought they were all gonna say - obvious hydrogen flame - it is what is expected if it catches fire........ but they didnt

[Zacs-Master]

A record by John Parr destroyed the Hindenberg?

[sad old git]

Thanks Chrissa! I won't bother watching it now seeing as you've broadcasted the answer.

[Mamyalynne]

Peter, if your reply fits the question I shall knit the Great wall of China.

[shoota]

The Great Wool of China?

[chrissa1]

Sad Old Git. I'm sorry if you feel this way but it wasn't a "whodunnit". It was a succession of experiments, some of which worked and some of which didn't.

It's well worth watching.

[237SJ]

The answer wasn`t broadcast on here anyway. I read about the St Elmo`s Fire conclusion in the newspaper the other day. Haven`t watched the programme yet but I did record it. Did you see the programme about the Munich air crash on Monday? That was interesting. Took 10 years for the truth to come out.

[chrissa1]

You'll enjoy it 237SJ and I hope sog does too if he can catch it again on tv.