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The size of the Hindenburg compared to modern commercial aircraft.

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thepoddo@reddit

Now compare the actual useable volume!
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MadaMadagotchagotcha@reddit

I hope you know the only usable part wasn't just the basket looking thing underneath, the whole lower part of the "balloon" part had luxury interior, just look up colorized vids on youtube. It has more space than any of these planes lol.
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macetfromage@reddit

do deflated version now
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RockRancher24@reddit

My brother in Christ it's a rigid airship
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macetfromage@reddit

hindenburg disagrees
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RockRancher24@reddit

what is that even supposed to mean???
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GeorgyZhukovJr@reddit

jesus fucking christ thats huge
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RockRancher24@reddit

im resisting the urge to say something i shouldnt right now
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3720-To-One@reddit

It’s wild how there was almost a 1:1 crew to passenger ratio. How do you need that big of a crew?
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alzee76@reddit

In part because it was a luxury vessel so you have chefs, waiters, etc. They even had dudes to operate the elevators. Looks like most of the crew were engine mechanics though. Guess they weren't that reliable! https://www.airships.net/hindenburg/disaster/crew-list/
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deepaksn@reddit

No engines were that reliable in that era. That’s why the large flying boats had dedicated flight engineers who would actually go into the wings of the aircraft to maintain them while in flight.
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Particular_Sun8377@reddit

Computers have taken over so many aspects of flying. In those days you even had a navigator with a sextant and paper maps!
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Salt_Stonks_6@reddit

Literally a ship but sailing in the air.
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