Aug 10, 2026 · 37 min · 14 segments
Let's bring it back to one of the most notorious disasters in history - the crash of The Hindenburg! We learned SO many things in this one from 2024 - as it crashed at the end of a journey that…
The Hindenburg was made by the Zeppelin Company, also known as Luftschiffbau Zeppelin.
1838 in constance germany so we're like it starts off in like the early 1900s and then the hindenburg you'll find out crashed in 1937 so that's kind of where the story ends Count von Zeppelin had a distinguished military career.
During his military service, he gained experience in engineering and aeronautics.
So this is like the very beginning of like, maybe we can do stuff in the sky.
He went to, he came to the US to observe during the American Civil War.
Because what happened here is that people use balloons, like hot air balloons, for reconnaissance for like the first time.
So like the first time that you could like of another army's stuff.
That was never, never a thing in the history of the world.
And I definitely remember being a kid and like reading a book about women who would like take their hoop skirts, like their big dresses and make them into hot air balloons so that they could do that like reconnaissance.
I don't know if that's true or not, but I read it.
It was like a book I read a little.
I think that's probably true because during wartime, you know, you like get rid of all your stuff to like help the cause.
So, but we use hot air balloons for that.
He worked with the French and other countries to perfect his ideas, and he eventually invented the airship.
So just for the record, Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin passed away in 1917, which is about nine years after he started his company.
Eventually, there were more flights.
The Hindenburg was made by the Zeppelin Company, also known as Luftschiffbau Zeppelin.
1838 in constance germany so we're like it starts off in like the early 1900s and then the hindenburg you'll find out crashed in 1937 so that's kind of where the story ends Count von Zeppelin had a distinguished military career.
During his military service, he gained experience in engineering and aeronautics.
So this is like the very beginning of like, maybe we can do stuff in the sky.
He went to, he came to the US to observe during the American Civil War.
Because what happened here is that people use balloons, like hot air balloons, for reconnaissance for like the first time.
So like the first time that you could like of another army's stuff.
That was never, never a thing in the history of the world.
And I definitely remember being a kid and like reading a book about women who would like take their hoop skirts, like their big dresses and make them into hot air balloons so that they could do that like reconnaissance.
I don't know if that's true or not, but I read it.
It was like a book I read a little.
I think that's probably true because during wartime, you know, you like get rid of all your stuff to like help the cause.
So, but we use hot air balloons for that.
He worked with the French and other countries to perfect his ideas, and he eventually invented the airship.
So just for the record, Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin passed away in 1917, which is about nine years after he started his company.
Eventually, there were more flights.
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