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The Hindenburg The Hindenburg The Hindenburg was a huge gamble in a long line of gambles for the Zeppelin Company. It was three football fields long, and it was held aloft by 7 million cubic feet of hydrogen and could fly at 84 miles an hour. It was luxurious, with a dining salon, lounges, and staterooms. She still holds the record as the largest aircraft ever to fly but, Its mostly metal frame was filled with hydrogen. For years builders of dirigibles, including the Zeppelin Company, had simply stretched the hulls of their airships to accommodate more lifting gas. The Hindenburg would carry a gas volume of 7,062,000 cubic feet. This volume, when filled with hydrogen, would produce 242.2 tons of gross lift. The useful lift was still 112.1 tons. Airplanes could fly only short distances with constant refueling and as little weight as possible. Although the Hindenburg is most famous for her fiery death, she was not initially meant to be filled with hydrogen at all. Dr. Hugo Eckner, then still the chairman of Zeppelin, had decided that it would be the wisest course to hindenburg, zeppelin, ship, hydrogen, gas, new, helium, one, government, fly, flame, company, been, after, room, nazi, inflated, huge, first, filled, eckner, dr, world, volume, understand, tons, seconds, possible, people, passengers, out, night, make, made, long